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💾🌟Springfield, Massachusetts Tech 501(c)(3) providing refurbished devices to community organizations and free digital skills education to residents of Western Massachusetts. Visit https://springfield.community to learn how you can help!
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Our first class with Make-It Springfield, AI Innovators: Creating Your Own Free & Secure AI Platform was a huge success! Huge thanks to alliancefordigitalequity.org for providing the necessary funding!
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Your unwanted tech can make a MASSIVE difference in the life of a Springfield-area resident! To make a donation or learn more visit springfield.community
All donations are tax-deductible!
All donations are tax-deductible!
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Your unwanted tech can make a MASSIVE difference in the life of a Springfield-area resident! To make a donation or learn more visit springfield.community
All donations are tax-deductible!
All donations are tax-deductible!
Huge thanks once again to Giovanni Basile from the City of Chicopee DPW for connecting the dots and helping us continue our mission with this AMAZING donation equipment! 👀👀WOW!! Greater Springfield is stronger together! 💪🏋️♀️💪🏋️🎉
January 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Huge thanks once again to Giovanni Basile from the City of Chicopee DPW for connecting the dots and helping us continue our mission with this AMAZING donation equipment! 👀👀WOW!! Greater Springfield is stronger together! 💪🏋️♀️💪🏋️🎉
These thirteen laptops will be used in support of Strong Young Minds’ youth programming! Learn more at wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/local-organization-donates-laptops-to-empower-springfield-youth/
January 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
These thirteen laptops will be used in support of Strong Young Minds’ youth programming! Learn more at wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/local-organization-donates-laptops-to-empower-springfield-youth/
MASSIVE THANKS to Executive Director Abbie Gonzalez for her hard work getting these laptops ready for donation to Strong Young Minds’ Dream Center this past Monday! Truly a rockstar performance 🎸🎶
strongyoungmind.com
strongyoungmind.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
MASSIVE THANKS to Executive Director Abbie Gonzalez for her hard work getting these laptops ready for donation to Strong Young Minds’ Dream Center this past Monday! Truly a rockstar performance 🎸🎶
strongyoungmind.com
strongyoungmind.com
HUGE THANKS to Giovanni Basile from the Chicopee Department of Public Works for reaching out and supporting us with this AMAZING donation of laptops, desktops, and networking equipment! WE LOVE MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS!!! 🥳💖🥰
January 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
HUGE THANKS to Giovanni Basile from the Chicopee Department of Public Works for reaching out and supporting us with this AMAZING donation of laptops, desktops, and networking equipment! WE LOVE MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS!!! 🥳💖🥰
HUGE THANKS to State Representative Bud L. Williams, Ward 6 City Councilor Victor Davila, Teka Jones and Asha Israel of Strong Young Minds LLC, Areta Odiah from WWLP22 News, Kim Rivera, Desi Jackson, Darryl Wilson, and everyone else who made today such a huge success! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8k0...
Refurbished laptops to bridge digital gap in Springfield
YouTube video by WWLP-22News
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January 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
HUGE THANKS to State Representative Bud L. Williams, Ward 6 City Councilor Victor Davila, Teka Jones and Asha Israel of Strong Young Minds LLC, Areta Odiah from WWLP22 News, Kim Rivera, Desi Jackson, Darryl Wilson, and everyone else who made today such a huge success! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8k0...
A huge thank you to Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams and Committee Director Cynthia Lewis for helping us get the word out about the work we’re doing! Please join us 11AM Monday January 12, 2026 at Strong Young Minds LLC’s Dream Center 980 Bay Street Springfield MA to learn more!
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM
A huge thank you to Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams and Committee Director Cynthia Lewis for helping us get the word out about the work we’re doing! Please join us 11AM Monday January 12, 2026 at Strong Young Minds LLC’s Dream Center 980 Bay Street Springfield MA to learn more!
Huge thanks to Alice Rhodes for designing our newest flyer! alicerhodes.com
Accessibility is central to our mission, so we love using Abbie Gonzalez’s groundbreaking OpenDyslexic font whenever we can! opendyslexic.org
You can download it here: springfield.community/flyers/sprin...
Accessibility is central to our mission, so we love using Abbie Gonzalez’s groundbreaking OpenDyslexic font whenever we can! opendyslexic.org
You can download it here: springfield.community/flyers/sprin...
January 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Huge thanks to Alice Rhodes for designing our newest flyer! alicerhodes.com
Accessibility is central to our mission, so we love using Abbie Gonzalez’s groundbreaking OpenDyslexic font whenever we can! opendyslexic.org
You can download it here: springfield.community/flyers/sprin...
Accessibility is central to our mission, so we love using Abbie Gonzalez’s groundbreaking OpenDyslexic font whenever we can! opendyslexic.org
You can download it here: springfield.community/flyers/sprin...
Join us 11AM Monday January 10, 2026 at 980 Bay St. Springfield MA as we announce our support of Strong Young Minds LLC’s Dream Center! Event hosted by Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams.
strongyoungmind.com
Flyer by Alice Rhodes, alicerhodes.com using OpenDyslexic, opendyslexic.org
strongyoungmind.com
Flyer by Alice Rhodes, alicerhodes.com using OpenDyslexic, opendyslexic.org
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Join us 11AM Monday January 10, 2026 at 980 Bay St. Springfield MA as we announce our support of Strong Young Minds LLC’s Dream Center! Event hosted by Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams.
strongyoungmind.com
Flyer by Alice Rhodes, alicerhodes.com using OpenDyslexic, opendyslexic.org
strongyoungmind.com
Flyer by Alice Rhodes, alicerhodes.com using OpenDyslexic, opendyslexic.org
Huge thanks again to Make-It Springfield and Mass Cultural Council for helping make this wonderful program (among others) happen! Be sure to check both out to learn all about the amazing things they’re doing in your community!
makeitspringfield.org
massculturalcouncil.org
makeitspringfield.org
massculturalcouncil.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Huge thanks again to Make-It Springfield and Mass Cultural Council for helping make this wonderful program (among others) happen! Be sure to check both out to learn all about the amazing things they’re doing in your community!
makeitspringfield.org
massculturalcouncil.org
makeitspringfield.org
massculturalcouncil.org
Prepping the systems with the system preparation tool 👩🔧✨
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Prepping the systems with the system preparation tool 👩🔧✨
Time to install Windows 11 🥳
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Time to install Windows 11 🥳
WE HAVE BOOT!!!!!!🥳🥳🥳
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
WE HAVE BOOT!!!!!!🥳🥳🥳
one of the systems appears to need a little bit of debugging… 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
one of the systems appears to need a little bit of debugging… 🤔
Good cable management is always important 🎓
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Good cable management is always important 🎓
Our latecomer to the class mastered assembling and disassembling his miniPC and moved onto a spare workstation we had left over from the previous class. He’s a natural!
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our latecomer to the class mastered assembling and disassembling his miniPC and moved onto a spare workstation we had left over from the previous class. He’s a natural!
The Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L case has a very unique power supply bracket!
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L case has a very unique power supply bracket!
We had a latecomer show up who wasn’t able to attend the first class so we set him up with a spare mini-PC and a personalized version of yesterday’s lesson! He’ll be joining us for the next class to share everything he’s learned when he builds his own PC!
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We had a latecomer show up who wasn’t able to attend the first class so we set him up with a spare mini-PC and a personalized version of yesterday’s lesson! He’ll be joining us for the next class to share everything he’s learned when he builds his own PC!
Here we go! Time to open up our materials and get building! Thanks again to the Mass Cultural Council for providing the funding to make this incredible class happen!
massculturalcouncil.org
massculturalcouncil.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here we go! Time to open up our materials and get building! Thanks again to the Mass Cultural Council for providing the funding to make this incredible class happen!
massculturalcouncil.org
massculturalcouncil.org
We reviewed everything from the importance of negative air pressure inside a desktop computer case to dividing power supply wattage by wall current voltage to figure out how many amps of power a power supply can deliver!
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We reviewed everything from the importance of negative air pressure inside a desktop computer case to dividing power supply wattage by wall current voltage to figure out how many amps of power a power supply can deliver!
Second day of our Build Your Own PC class is underway! Here are Samuel Pascual of PCTV and Abbie Gonzalez of springfield.community leading our students through a quick review of yesterday’s classes.
Learn more about PCTV at pittsfieldtv.org
Learn more about PCTV at pittsfieldtv.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Second day of our Build Your Own PC class is underway! Here are Samuel Pascual of PCTV and Abbie Gonzalez of springfield.community leading our students through a quick review of yesterday’s classes.
Learn more about PCTV at pittsfieldtv.org
Learn more about PCTV at pittsfieldtv.org
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November 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
👾✨MASSIVE THANKS to the Mass Cultural Council for funding our ongoing Build Your Own PC class! We’re turning love of gaming into tech self-sufficiency!🚀🪐
massculturalcouncil.org
springfieldmarotary.org
massculturalcouncil.org
springfieldmarotary.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
👾✨MASSIVE THANKS to the Mass Cultural Council for funding our ongoing Build Your Own PC class! We’re turning love of gaming into tech self-sufficiency!🚀🪐
massculturalcouncil.org
springfieldmarotary.org
massculturalcouncil.org
springfieldmarotary.org
Day 1 of our free Build Your Own PC class at Make-It Springfield was amazing! Students disassembled and reassembled Dell Pentium 4 systems to learn the general layout and design of a desktop PC. They even got one to boot! Learn more at makeitspringfield.org or www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Day 1 of our free Build Your Own PC class at Make-It Springfield was amazing! Students disassembled and reassembled Dell Pentium 4 systems to learn the general layout and design of a desktop PC. They even got one to boot! Learn more at makeitspringfield.org or www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...