Tech for Troops Technology Drive Seeks Donations By Aug. 9

ASHBURN, VA — There are a few days left to help out veterans and their families through a technology drive that hopes to drum up 5,000 pieces of technology before Aug. 9. AbleVets LLC, the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Virginia Technology Council are working with Tech for Troops to organize the drive.

People are encouraged to donate the following items for the drive:

• Laptops with or without power adapters
• Working flat panel monitors
• RAM, video cards, and network cards
• Keyboards and mice
• Servers and network equipment
• Desktop computer towers
• Cell phones and tablets
• Power and network cables

All donated items can be dropped off at the following participating sites:

• AbleVets: 15049 Conference Center Dr., Suite 500, Chantilly, VA
• ACT I: 200 12 St. S, Suite 1101, Arlington, VA
• Atlas Research: 805 Fifteenth St., NW, Suite 910, Washington, DC
• BNY Mellon: 7900 Tysons One Place, Suite 150, Tysons, VA
• CALIBRE Systems: 6354 Walker Lane, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA
• IntelliDyne: 3110 Fairview Park Dr., Suite 1000, Falls Church, VA 22042
• Knight Point Systems, LLC: 775 Wiehle Ave Ste 101, Reston, VA 20190
• LMI: 7940 Jones Branch Dr, Tysons, VA 22102
• Northern Virginia Technology Council: 2214 Rock Hill Rd., Herndon, VA 20170
• PAE: 20135 Lakeview Center Plaza, Suite 300, Ashburn, VA 20147
• PenFed Credit Union: 7940 Jones Branch Dr, Tysons, VA 22102
• PUEO Business Solutions: 301 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA
• Red Cross: 8550 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031
• ThunderCat Technology: 1925 Isaac Newton Square, E. Suite 180, Reston, VA 20190

All donations are tax deductible. Digital receipts will be available.

AbleVets LLC was founded by a veteran with the mission of employing veterans to help improve their lives. AbleVets designs and implements IT solutions that help civil and defense health agencies achieve tangible results, including a stronger security posture, greater operational outcomes and highly effective customer-facing applications.

Mark Casper, president and executive director of Tech for Troops, said that the technology drive has gifted more than 1,500 computers in the past four years to veterans in need and their families.

“Our vision for the future is to expand across the United States with multiple locations, impacting the homeless and poverty level of veterans significantly. Plus, we'll look to give vets the opportunity to have a safe space to ‘get out of the rain’ (not a homeless shelter) so we can eliminate the 22 Vets a day who commit suicide. We'll do this by supporting, talking, joking and consoling veterans who come to us for support," Casper said.