The Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads Lions Club are on the lookout for old laptops to donate to local secondary schools in need.
The group is accepting old computers that are 10 years old or newer to donate to students whose parents are struggling to afford a laptop as part of the Laptops from Lions Project.
Club member Sue Harling said the project offered an opportunity to reuse old electronics instead of throwing them out and would benefit secondary school students.
“Our Lions Club have quite a few members that are mentors to local secondary school children and one of those children actually arranged to get a laptop through that program,” she said.
“We’re kicking it off now so that we can help as many kids at school as we can to make life a little bit easier.
“Instead of throwing things to the tip, we’re reusing them and making them very useful for people that want them.”
Mrs Harling said she was glad to have a computer technician volunteer to refurbish the donated electronics.
“We’re very lucky to have a person to clean the laptops up for us and get them all set up so he’s very kindly doing that for us, so we’d just love to get as many computers as we can,” she said.
The Laptops from Lions project was founded by Wendy Godfrey and adapted by the Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads Lions Club for the local community.
The public can contact the Lions Club president Alan Daw on 0448 280 649 or Mrs Harling on 0438 356 334 to donate a laptop or find out more information.
“We would just love for people to contact us,” Mrs Harling said.
