Saturday October 11 the IT Services department and the Wabash Environmental Concerns Committee sponsored our second annual Community Computer Recycle Day.  Wabash faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the greater Crawfordsville community, could drop of obsolete computers, monitors, printers, and related technology equipment at no cost. The equipment was collected and will be recycled by RecycleForce of Indianapolis.

We picked Saturday for the collection day so we could join Wabash alumni across the country in Wabash Day, a national day of community service.  It was a beautiful fall day, and we had a great turnout.  We collected enough stuff to fill a semi trailer; in all, more than 15,000 pounds!  Thanks to everyone who took the time on Saturday to bring in equipment.  See the photo album for pictures from the day.

It takes a lot of people to pull together an event like this. Jamie Ross, IT Services office manager, coordinated the event for Wabash.  IT Staff Members Mike Heinold and Jim Pond helped with traffic flow and loading equipment, and Gary Leonard (Campus Services) ran the fork lift and moved equipment onto the trucks. I'm especially thankful to Larry Smith, from Smith Family Trucking in Crawfordsville, who donated the use of his semi trailer and his time to deliver the equipment to RecycleForce in Indianapolis.