July 2, 2024
On July 2nd, Power Up Project members Kyle and Jai picked up donated computers and peripherals from 5 Point Solutions. After loading the computers, monitors, and keyboards, the members drove to Jai's house to drop them off. Special thanks to Brian...
June 28, 2024
We donated 20 laptops to Plant Chicago today. The laptops will be used in their summer camp and donated to students as part of their research program. Plant Chicago develops innovative methods for sustainable food production and energy conservatio...
June 21, 2024
Pictured from left to right: Jai, Kyle
Power Up members Jai and Kyle donated 4 laptops to Families Helping Families Chicagoland. Families Helping Families Chicagoland supports foster families and foster children in need in Lake and C...
April 12, 2024
On April 11, Power Up Project members donated ten laptops to Naperville Youth Club. Naperville Youth Club was established as a response to the widening educational gap between upper-class students and lower-income students. Thank you to Ms. Fullar...
August 1, 2023
Pictured from left to right: Vaibhav, Vicky, Jacob
On August 1st, PUP members Vicky, Vaibhav, and Jacob drove to Wheaton to donate 3 laptops to Literacy Dupage. Literacy DuPage trains volunteer tutors who teach English to other DuPa...
April 27, 2023
Pictured from left to right: Adi Yarlagadda, Jacob Buzzard, Michael Yang, Vicky Ji, Leyton Mueller
On Sunday, April 23rd, Power Up members Michael Yang, Aditya Yarlagadda, Leyton Mueller, Vicky Ji, and Jacob Buzzard drove to Salvatio...
March 28, 2022
On Thursday, March 17th, Power Up Project members Kevin Xu, Nicolas Liu, & Jacob Buzzard visited Simply Destinee for the second time to donate more laptops. It was great meeting everyone again, and thank you to the Naperville community and the Sim...
December 20, 2021
The Power Up Project team finally got to show our hard work this year! Our members this past winter break helped drop off 15 laptops at 360 Youth Services, who provide education, counseling, and housing to Naperville families and youth. Thank you ...
November 19, 2021
Pictured from left to right: Nicolas Liu, Jacob Buzzard, Calvin Comstock-Fisher, Kevin Xu
Not Pictured: William Xiao
On November 5th, Power Up Project members picked up donated computers from our partner drive with john greene Rea...
March 28, 2021
(From left to right: Nithilan Kalidoss, Daniel Wu, Jacob Buzzard, Michael Yang, Captain Nikki Hughes, Director DeShawn Johnson, Kevin Xu, Nick Liu, Jimit Gosar)
The Power Up Project team finally got to show our hard work this year. A...
March 13, 2020
On Thursday afternoon, PUP team members Nicolas, Eric, and the two Kevins drove out to Chase to collect their old, unused PCs, monitors, and peripherals. Thank you Chase! Soon after, they brought this collection to Nick's house. Next year, Nick w...
November 27, 2019
After 5 months of hard work, the Naperville branch PUP team has collected and refurbished over 30 computers!
On Friday last week, PUP members Eric Chen, Jeff Cheng, Jimit Gosar, Helenna Gu, Nick Liu, Josh Tennyson, Kevin Xu, and I went out ...
June 25, 2019
Naperville, IL--The second cycle of the Power Up Project commences! After a quite successful first cycle, our organization is now looking to improve efficiency and to expand. This first month of June, we are looking to collect even more computers ...
February 15, 2019
Aurora IL-- Today, PUP members Eric Chen, Jeffrey Cheng, Kevin Shi, Taylor Xia, and Mitchell Zhen drove out to the Simply Destinee Youth Center in Aurora to complete the donation of 8 computers plus peripherals. This inventory included six PCs, on...
January 30, 2019
On Monday, January 21st, members from the Naperville branch of The Power Up Project attended and accepted awards at the annual MLK Day Celebration in Aurora. These members, including (from left to right in the cover image) Vincent Lee, Thomas Andr...
