The purpose of this page is to communicate requests from our MUGs to meet special needs from within our communities, whether individual or group, via donations from members of one or more of our Oregon MUGs. Some Oregon's MUGs have either a fund established for, or a want to fulfill, such needs when they are known (and have provided in the past). This page serves as a hub to declare and share such requests to our state's MUGs when one group cannot meet those needs on their own. We also hope that this hub serves as a testimony of such giving and sharing by our MUGs, even though they might rather not have the recognition or publicity. We may share some of these "successes" in retrospect, too. Sometimes "doing good" needs a pat on the back, which, we hope, inspires more of the same.

Keep the channels of communication open and use them If your MUG has a designated donation person who handles or sends out a request, please let our YDKM Coordinator <ydkm at mac dot com> know and we will post those contacts here. Otherwise, go to the Oregon UGs page to find contacts for each group, or that MUG's main email address.

DONE:..Public library in need of computers
Oregon MUG(s) involved: MUGport
Goal Met -- Items delivered Feb. 2006 Requested Dec. 2005, MUGport Contact: Steve Travis, MUGport The Toledo, Oregon Public Library had very few computers for library visitors to use, and was looking for any donations to help meet this need. MUGport, the Oregon MUG based in Newport on the coast, relayed this need to Mark Reagan of Mac Shop Northwest. Through Mark and the Mac Shop Northwest's generosity, along with MUGport's support and collaborative effort, an iMac G5 was donated to the Toledo library in February, 2006. Travis and MUGport ambassador Clay Creech helped set up and test the Mac system, which is the first Macintosh for the library.
Donated to date:	Source:
Hardware: Apple iMac G5 all-in-one computer system Software: Mac OS X, iLife suite and other software	Mac Shop Northwest, MUGport
Still needed: Periodic support and maintenance when asked for.	Item donated/delivered, by whom or group.

DONE:..Education software needed for young boy
Oregon MUG(s) involved: CMUG
Goal Met -- Items delivered 10-19 Requested 9-26, CMUG Contact: John Otto, CMUG (below copy of email received 9-26) My Fellow CMUGers: CMUG once again is donating a computer to a good cause. A family in Albany, Oregon is looking for a way to provide home access to educational and other computer activities for their 7-year old boy who has mild autism. Use of a computer at school has made a big difference for this boy's success. One of our members, Marc Moreland, has agreed to donate a PowerMac 6220 with monitor, 32/2gig, OS 9.1 and AppleWorks 6. But CMUG needs your help to provide other software. We are hoping to gather both educational software and some games appropriate for a 5-10 year-old. If you have something that you would part with, or if you would be willing to donate cash towards purchase of software, CMUG will install it, deliver and set up the computer. This youngster enjoys chess and checkers; other games that do not require high levels of coordination would be very welcome. Some titles we're looking for: Reader Rabbitt Math Blasters Treasure Mathstorm Mighty Math Carmen Santiago Kid Pix pro Do you know of other good programs? Let us know. John Otto CMUG Donation Coordinator
Donated to date:	Source:
Educational: Amazon Trail, The Animals, InfoPedia, Groliers 98, Math Ace Jr., Carmen Santiago (U.S. History) Games: Kidpix Deluxe Freeware games: MacChess, Robot Builder, King's corner, Iago, Toxic Ravine, Polymine, Gunshy.	CMUG members
Still needed: The games situation looks very good but we are still very much in need of educational software, particularly reading, writing and math programs.	Item donated/delivered, by whom or group.

More requests listed here as they are declared and received.

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