Please review our site, our free PCs for Kids program (since 1983) and see if you can find a youth center or family agency, school or Boys and Girls Club near you who would like to sponsor an afternoon lab; it's fun, fast and free and Kids get to build and take home a FREE PC! YAHOO! and THANK YOU!

 NOTE: KCK and Eduhosting.org is sponsoring free alternative energy websites for kids and single parents who want to open their own e-commerce business selling wind and solar power or environmentally friendly products, such as www.ibi-bio.com offers. Please visit www.windgenzen.com for more details. During his first 2 weeks, Brian sold $7000.00 (gross) in wind generator and solar equipment and so could you. We'll take you through each step, marketing, adding products to sell and like our other free labs for kids, at-risk youth, single parents and seniors - it won't cost you a penny to jump right in and get started. You even get a free website and this industry is exploding!

send us an email if this sounds like something you'd like to try!

FREE PC's for Kids, Single Parents and Seniors...
Since 1983, Kids Computer Kamp has provided free PC's to Kids, Single Parents and Seniors, foster homes, women and children shelters and juvenile detention centers in hands on labs where students learn to assemble, repair and configure computers and then take them home: FREE! These skills help them obtain better jobs and do well in school. In addition to the assembly labs, students can learn advanced skills such as setting up networks, developing web sites and web servers and use applications such as Excel, Word and multi-media software...all free of charge.

There are two basic programs depending on the programs and administrative needs of a given facility:

Our focus has always been on getting free computers into the hands of kids. That's where we started and that's where 90% of our donated PCs go. We NEVER sell donated equipment. It goes to the labs to be tested and assembled and good PCs go out the door to our students, while faulty equipment is quickly sent to the appropriate round file.

These labs are performed on a 2ft by 4 long (or 6 or 8 foot long) bench where kids learn to test, assemble and configure PCs in the 101 lab. Once running, they can then take home a free PC, monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. (depending on the pile of parts and the number of kids) and we are confident it won't just 'sit' in a corner, since most kids eagerly seek out new parts and install them with their new found skillsets.

Some even open their own neighborhood tech service or build or repair PCs for their friends. The primary reason we focus on this type of program is that it gives the children technical skills that pay well so they might avoid back-alley industries as they mature through their teens.

The second reaon we focus on this program is that many labs teach kids how to use applications, such as MS Word or Paint or Adobe etc., but such skills are quickly forgotten and are of limited value to a child without a PC. Through our labs the kids gain the ability to build a PC from scrap parts and can then, if they so choose, move on to more advanced labs. We offer eight different labs in a series for students who wish to continue on.

The third reason we focus on these labs is so facilities who offer space for them can generate revenue and make the labs self-perpetuating and self-renewing. Our labs are taught by the students themselves to insure they have mastered the skillsets. Once they are running, very little staff time is required to keep them going and soon adults in the area begin to sign up for them and the hosting facility enjoys a healthy revenue stream from these students.

The fourth reason we suggest you consider these labs is that you'll soon find a large pile of very nice PCs to choose from for your own classes and administration, as well as a large body of techs to repair, assemble and configure your own networks free of charge. That can save a facility tens of thousands of dollars over a period of time and so everyone wins with the KCK labs, from the kids and other students to the facility and the folks who oversee administration and budgeting. The labs are profitable, reduce internal expenses and provide a rare and valuable class for the local community.


(click here for options on levels of participation)


(click here for our three page brochure/flier)


(click here for a simple class overview flyer used by a youth center)

For information on programs and donations in the San Francisco and Greater BAY AREA please send KCK an email.

 FREE PC's for Teachers, Classrooms and Shelters

The second type of program we offer is for schools, teachers and juvenile facilities who are hosting classes at our website, http://eduhosting.org. By contributing classes and content for kids and teachers around the world, you are helping to shrink the global village and allow kids from all over to 'meet you and your class', enjoy a rich education and help teachers everywhere develop effective classes for their own kids.

We help facilities interested in putting together a class by providing free computers to their own facilities. These usually come from a 'local source', i.e. a daycare center who is already running the PC labs mentioned to the left. This way your own classroom has both the hardware and technical support to get the job done in a cost effective manner and if your own staff wants to take the labs, you can find a site locally.

The reason we don't simply 'empty the warehouse' and drive a dozen PCs to a site is that these are donated PCs, many with problems that require technical attention in order to run correctly. The best way to fix those problems is to use the KCK labs and benches. Having managed and/or owned three fairly large computer stores and run large labs for kids, I have to admit that the kids in KCK labs fix problems just as fast, sometimes faster, than a $25.00 an hour tech working on a 40 hour a week job. The kids are enthusiastic, motivated (by the labs) to do the job quickly and as a result, piles of working PCs are often built by their efforts at developing their own 'super' PC.

So the answer is YES there are several ways to get PCs into the hands of kids and teachers, daycare facilities, shelters and foster homes. The method you choose is up to you!


Download an outline entitled the KCK How To Document