Since 2009 the club has given its work to this city — labs for seniors, machines for shelters, mentoring for kids. And the city gives back: mentors, machines, and support. Here's how to be part of it.
Engineers, IT professionals, makers, alumni: mentor a refurbishing or robotics bench — in person, or over video the way our students mentor Africa. One hour a month genuinely matters.
Drive donated equipment, host a collection drive, help at Titanium Tech and showcase events, or feed a room of teenagers who just refurbished forty computers.
One visit to talk about your work shows a fifteen-year-old where this road can lead. Cybersecurity, mechanical engineering, IT — our alumni are proof the message lands.
Every dollar and every donated machine goes to work: benches, robotics kits, competition entries, community labs — and, when students earn it, a plane ticket to teach across an ocean.
Zeffy charges no platform fees — 100% of your gift reaches the organization. CONFIRM Evanston-designated form pending; this link currently reaches the general YTC fund.
Payable to Youth Technology Corps — write "Evanston / ETHS" on the memo line to designate your gift to this program.
Youth Technology Corps
1055 W Bryn Mawr Ave F-218
Chicago, IL 60660
Laptops, desktops, monitors, peripherals, robotics parts — roughly the last 8–10 years works best. Students wipe and rebuild every machine; Evanston receives them. CONFIRM Drop-off sites and stated data-wipe standard.
Youth Technology Corps is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Georgia Tech students teach this year's robotics instruction — college engineers bringing university-level work to the club bench. CONFIRM Formal program/club name.
Drexel students mentor the refurbishing benches — hands-on guidance from engineers a few years ahead. CONFIRM Program details.
Evanston's summer program for young Black men — YTC brings STEM, robotics, and refurbishing into its sessions each summer.
The club's home since 2009, and the senior residences whose student-built labs anchor its longest-running service commitment.
An emerging initiative in early conversations — not yet an existing program. CONFIRM One accurate sentence on current status before this goes live.