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Donate your unused smartphone to help someone with sight loss

黑料网 is proud to participate in Phone it Forward, a program. The program provides smartphones loaded with accessible apps to individuals who are blind or partially sighted. Beginning Monday, November 22, unused smartphones can be dropped off at an 黑料网 Library circulation desk.

The smartphones provided through CNIB’s program allow people who are blind or partially sighted to:

  • Access emergency assistance from sighted volunteers.
  • Read prescription labels and take medication safely.
  • Recognize the faces of loved ones.
  • Travel safely alone using GPS.
  • Use built-in voice-over technology, which reads aloud everything that appears on a phone’s screen.

Donate your unused smartphone in three easy steps:

  • Complete the and bring it with you to donate your phone. The Library will have printed copies available.
  • Bring your used smartphone and signed donation agreement to a circulation desk employee during Library operating hours at the north or downtown Oshawa campus location.
  • Receive a from CNIB after they have collected the phones and assessed their value.

Note: The Library will keep all donated phones in a secure area until CNIB collects them.

For more information, contact aoda@ontariotechu.ca or visit the university’s .