Flagler College Students in Free Enterprise to host community wide E-waste drive

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (01/10/2012)(readMedia)-- On Jan. 25, Flagler College Students in Free Enterprise will be hosting a community-wide E-Waste drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the St. Augustine Record parking lot, 1 News Place, St. Augustine.

Students will be collecting all discarded technology ranging from cell phones and flash drives, to computers and TVs. This E-Waste will be used to help battered women.

Partnering with the Betty Griffin House a local domestic crisis center, Flagler SIFE will teach women how to refurbish computers.

If you would like more information on the community-wide E-waste drive please contact Ellery Freeman at EFreeman311@flagler.edu.

Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,600 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $22,500, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.