CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The Jefferson Fund announced that it is awarding almost $1.5 million to UVA innovators, the most the fund has ever given out.
The grant money is being split between 14 projects in Charlottesville that follow the unifying theme of sustainability.
Zackary Landsman is a grant recipient, and his project is called ‘Printers 4 Kids.’ In his project, Landsman takes “trash” and turns it into “treasure.”
“I started just looking for different electronics that I would find at thrift stores that hadn’t sold or now are like, really cheap, and just ripping parts out of them,” Landsman said. “We’re taking discarded electronics that are headed to landfills, e-waste recycling centers, and that are unsold at secondhand stores, and converting them into STEM kits for local schools for free.”
The grant is letting Printers 4 Kids go even further.
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