Intermountain Centers for Human Development is pleased to announce the commencement of our E-Cycling Program that is based at our special needs K-12 school, Intermountain Academy. This program was conceived by Jeremy Cashman and Adriel Tavel after they worked together to establish the beginnings of this program while Adriel was running the electronics recycling program at another non-profit organi
zation in Tucson. Jeremy would come by that other organization every couple of weeks and pick up several computers and other electronics items slated to be recycled and would take those machines back to Intermountain Academy for the students to break down. Adriel was concerned about whether or not the students' participation in the electronics recycling program at the other non-profit organization would benefit the students well enough or not, but Jeremy and Adriel quickly realized that the special needs students at Intermountain Academy were benefiting from partaking in the electronics breakdown more than anyone could've hoped for. The students have been able to work on several important skills like critical thinking, following direction, communication, manual dexterity, social interaction and more. After Adriel left the other organization earlier this year, he reached out to Intermountain and told them that he would be happy to work with them and establish an electronics recycling program of their own, a program that they could keep all of the proceeds that are generated and recycle those funds back into the school to benefit the students even more than they have already benefited. So, over the course of the last summer, Jeremy, Adriel and Lynn Hale, Intermountain's Director of Residential Services, worked together to put all of the pieces into place for the fall launch of the program. We are happy to announce that Tucson Medical Center has agreed to partner with Intermountain Academy as the primary sponsor of the E-Cycling program and donate all of their used electronics to the program. This new program will benefit the students in ways that the initial, informal electronics recycling program was unable to. As stated earlier, all of the proceeds generated by this program will be reinvested in the program itself and Intermountain Academy. The funds will also be used to employ some of the older special needs students in a handful of paid positions being created specifically by this program. We will also be creating scholarships to do things like assist some of the adults with special needs at Intermountain who are living on their own to cover their living expenses. Other funds will be used to refurbish some of the machines donated to the E-Cycling program so they can be donated to the students to assist with their educations. And this is just the beginning. We not only accept donations from companies throughout Tucson, but from individuals, as well. If you have an old computer or other electronics and would like to donate them to Intermountain's E-Cycling program, we have two locations where those items can be dropped off and we would be more than happy to take those things off of your hands and help you create some extra closet space at home. The two locations are Intermountain Academy itself, located at the former Menlo Elementary School at 1100 W. Tucson, AZ 85745 and at Intermountain Centers for Human Development's east side offices located at 1020 S. Harrison Rd. Tucson, AZ 85748. We are also happy to provide our donors with a donation receipt for tax purposes, too. If you have any questions or comments concerning this program, feel free to contact either Jeremy Cashman or Adriel Tavel using the information below. And thank you for your interest in this program.
