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Thank you Mike so much! Just picked up the laptop.
You're going to make the holidays extra special for them.

~ Jennifer, Child Support Worker, Halton Region

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We provide tax receipts for monetary donations.
Halton Tech For Teens, Charitable Number
78067 7670 RR0001
We cannot provide tax receipts for used equipment donations, but we believe the majority of devices can be used in some fashion, if only for spare parts.

How You Can Help Us
​To Help Others 

Are you an individual or business with gently used laptops and notebook computers now surplus? Let us give those devices a "second life" (either Win10 or MACOS Catalina or newer) by donating them to Halton Tech for Teens.

Founded in 2019, we collect donated devices, securely wipe all data, sanitize them and upgrade where possible to primarily support:
  • Teens and their families dealing with difficult economic circumstances
  • Other young people without resources to secure technology for college or university 

If we have surplus devices, we may expand our mandate to also include:
  • Individuals requiring devices for Online learning opportunities
  • Newcomers requiring devices to learn English as a Second Language (ESL) classes
  • Economically challenged Individuals seeking Job or employment training to Remote work
  • Isolated seniors seeking to learn technology

The pandemic may have has eased, but we are  still in desperate need of laptop and notebook computers to assist newcomers in our community.

We also occasionally require higher end desktop devices too (2019 or later IMac devices and I7 units, but those are on a case by case basis.


Contact Mike to arrange pickup or drop off of a donated device.
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ACCESS TO BASIC INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AT HOME IS CRITICAL FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES!

  • In Halton Region, more than 1 in 10 children (at least 18,000 at last count) are living in either poverty or low income households, and Halton Region is considered affluent!
  • Almost half of Canadian households with an annual income below $35,000 do not have internet access at home, a huge disadvantage for both education and employment
  • Teens without access to technology will fall behind in school, resulting in diminished skills, social isolation and limited employment opportunities
  • 2/3 of teachers in Ontario middle and high schools routinely assign homework that requires internet access, computer hardware at home and on-line research
  • The vast majority of computer upgrades are driven by "newer, faster and bigger", not that the computer is worn out, most devices last 5-7 years, often a decade.
  • The average each Canadian produces about 20KG of E-waste a year.
  • The computer manufacturing process consumes huge amounts of natural resources, a desktop computer and monitor requires at least 1.5 tons of water, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 530 pounds of fossil fuels to produce
  • "E-waste" is the fastest growing sector of landfill waste today and it is expected to be the biggest sector within 10 years.
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