- You can call 212-427-7900 ext 333 and get info on the latest update on the next Tech Saturday. if you do not have e-mail, please find a friend or relative to do so for you. Being on our Official Tech Saturday E-mail list is the only way of being chosen via the lottery.
- Child and adult must attend
- No money should be sent in or bought in until you get a confirmation number
- We will be picking 20 people by lottery ("out of a hat") and notifying by e-mail
- Click
here for a sample e-mail that gets sent to over 150 people on our Tech Saturday mailing list ... the fee is now $30
- To receive an e-mail alert for the NEXT Tech Saturday, please send e-mail to
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If you do not have e-mail, please find a friend or relative who does. E-mail is the only way to get notified of the next Tech Saturday and to request to be in the lottery for the next Tech Saturday.
- Each person who gets a confirmation number must send in or drop off $30 (cash or money order only; no checks) with "proof of Harlem residency" and the completed application within one week of getting the confirmation number. You can also bring these items to our front office at 70 East 129th Street.
- We apologize for any delay in getting back to you. All of us have full time jobs and are doing this on the side to help families in Harlem. It does not hurt to e-mail a second time since to make sure you are on the list
- Only those with confirmation numbers will be allowed to attend.
- Each family will receive a fully working Mac or Linux computer that is several years old to take home; tech people will boost the computer with as much
software as possible but we will of course be working from the framework of "software honesty" since honesty is one of the "core values" of The Children's Storefront
- The workshop will run from 9am to 1pm; several tech instructors from NYC schools and The Wireless Harlem Initiative will be collaborating to help make this work and there will
be several students from The Children's Storefront who will be working as interns
- Click here for the one page document to be signed at the workshop ...
MS Word version
school address is: The Children's Storefront, 70 East 129th Street, New York, NY 10035
The front office is in building 70 which is next to the BP Station on the SW corner of 129th and Park.
The phone number for "tech support issues" related to the Tech Saturday computers is no longer
866-586-0999, ext 1023
... it has changed as of 7/1/2010 to be 646-450-5719
or you can e-mail 