Volunteer: Laptop Distribution with the CDE & the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Partner Event: ACP Awareness/Enrollment for the recipients of a free laptop through the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s MeckTech program.

Complete our Volunteer Form to sign up for this event: https://share.hsforms.com/1UETgTAgST665mOr3GwjGBQ3qimx

About the Event

The MeckTech Computer Kit Program (through the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library) is distributing 20,000 free laptops to Mecklenburg County adults without a home computer. Each kit includes a refurbished laptop optimized for accessing the internet, joining virtual meetings, creating documents, and more.

Pick a date to join the laptop distribution and work with the CDE! Once participants receive a refurbished laptop (perhaps their very first computer!), they may be interested in free or reduced cost internet, as well as our free Digital Navigator Services. Join us on-site to help residents complete the application for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). You’ll also help raise awareness of our Digital Navigator Services, free to all Mecklenburg residents through 311.

What is the ACP?

The ACP is a new federal benefit program that helps ensure households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service. Volunteers will help guide residents through the ACP application process. We’ll have a step-by-step packet to guide you, plus additional staff and volunteers will be available to help.

Event Logistics

Complete our Volunteer Form to sign up for this event: https://share.hsforms.com/1UETgTAgST665mOr3GwjGBQ3qimx

About 2,000 laptops are distributed at each event. Every distribution event is on a Saturday from 8:00a – 3:00p and hosted at AvidXChange, which is located at 1210 AvidXChange Lane, Charlotte, NC 28206. Each distribution event is broken into four shifts: full day, morning, mid-day, or afternoon. Please indicate which shift works for you in the form above.