Toronto: Epilepsy Canada today announced a new partnership with the Green4Good™ program. An innovative initiative of Compugen Finance, Green4Good offers Canadian enterprises an effective way to solve the challenge of disposing of old IT equipment while raising money for charity.
Epilepsy Canada is counting on the program to turn old laptops into a new source of research funds. It will channel all dollars it receives into research for new therapies and treatments of epilepsy. Over 300,000 Canadians live with the neurological disorder that causes sudden bursts of hyperactivity in the brain and reveals itself in the form of seizures.
Steve Byrne, Director of Green4Good says, "Each year companies around the world divest themselves of massive amounts of IT equipment that no longer serves their purposes. This presents a big environmental challenge. Much of this equipment can end up in land fill sites."
Compugen Finance developed the Green4Good as a comprehensive approach to the disposal of decommissioned corporate IT assets–desktops, notebooks, servers, printers, monitors, network components, etc.–that eliminates any negative environmental effects and allows organizations to leverage any residual value in those assets. Green4Good then turns the net gains from IT asset disposition into support–cash and/or new technology products/services–for their chosen charities.
Gary Collins, Executive Director of Epilepsy Canada, accepted an initial donation of $2,000 from Compugen Finance, but sees this as a "down payment on the potential benefit". He says that he will encourage Epilepsy Canada's other corporate sponsors to get on board with this program and turn their aging laptops, printers, servers and other IT equipment into dollars for epilepsy research.
Epilepsy Canada is the country's only national organization with a mission to enhance the quality of life for persons living with epilepsy through the funding of research. It receives no government money and relies totally on individual and corporate donations to achieve its goals.
Compugen is dedicated to simplifying the business of technology. Since 1981, it has provided innovative solutions and services to help customers leverage their investments in technology infrastructure.
