Giving Back: Installing Wireless Networks in the Lower 9th Ward

Wednesday, March 19. 2008

Andrew Cohen, myself, and about 10 other volunteers spent the morning installing a wireless network (Cisco provided the equipment) at The St. Bernard Community Center in New Orleans' lower 9th ward. The volunteer effort was organized by Beth Kanter as part of the Nonprofit Technology Network's Day of Service.

It felt great to give back a little, to meet the dedicated folks that are still working hard every day to bring the city back, and to roll up my sleeves and work with some power tools. Thank to Beth Kanter for organizing the day.

Here's some pics that I snapped on my Treo while we were working, and a quick video of our ride to the center:

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Posted by Kurt Voelker in Technology at 14:46 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Here are more photos from the Day of Service:
http://flickr.com/photos/kalabird/sets/72157604219140050/

#1 Andrew Cohen (Homepage) on 2008-03-24 11:16 (Reply)

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