Jacob Komar, 13, said he was puzzled after hearing his sister's
school was throwing out dozens of old computers. The computer whiz
knew he could recycle many of them for use by poor kids.
Komar rebuilt the computers himself and developed training manuals.
He now is founder of a group, Computers for Communities, which takes
outdated computers from businesses and fixes them up. His group has
redistributed more than 1,000 to needy families in Idaho, Texas and
Colorado.
"You don't need to have a genius IQ to set this all up, just the will
to do it," Komar said.
The nonprofit Caring Hall of Fame was founded by Val Halamandaris,
who was inspired by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. It inducted its first
class of honorees in 1989.
http://www.caringinstitute.org
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