1. Announcement made Today, March 24, 2013 at an HVC Staff Conference of HVC Public
Relations Representatives and HVC Outreach Specialists by the Office of the Executive Director,
Irvin B. Shannon
Shannon stated “With the partnership established with John Matarano, President of the
Magnum Recycling Company an R2/ISO 14001 certified recycler that meets with the standards
of the Environmental Protection Agency and Thinking Green, LLC our Pennsylvania 501©3
Nonprofit, Nonpartisan Corporation has the capability of accommodating the citizens in all 67
counties of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth.”

2. Contact Us
Irvin B. Shannon, Executive Director
Harmonious Volunteer Center
2703 West Silver Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Telephone: 267-595-5278
Email: hvcorder@hotmail.com
Website: www.harmoniousvolunteercenter.org

3. The Office of the Executive Director has authorized the recruitment
of an additional 200 HVC volunteers who will be providing
consumer education about Computer & Electronics Recycling. 50 of our
HVC Public Relations Representatives have been dispatched to provide
Workshops and Presentations to small & large groups that is comprised
of CBOs/NPOs/Corporations/ Civic Groups/Associations.
The initiative is to create needed employment through volunteer
training and internship placement.
Each Computer & Electronics Donation and Collection Center creates a
minimum of six employment positions and the Harmonious
Volunteer Center intends to open a minimum of one
center per each county in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania thus creating 402 jobs.

4. Donate Your Equipment
of Technology
to our 501©3 Nonprofit, Nonpartisan, Pennsylvania Corporation
and receive a TAX ADVANTAGE in accordance with IRS Ruling.
Our GOAL FOR 2013 Two Million tons (4 million pounds)
Donate your Computer and Electronics
to the
Harmonious Volunteer Center
for Job Training advantages.

5. Donating Your Computer & Electronic Hardware
makes Sense because of the multiple benefits
• A 15 year track record places the Harmonious
Benefit 1. Environmental Justice is served by Volunteer Center in a Leadership Capacity to
Responsible Recycling for Reuse and End of Life meet with the compliance of the new law
De-manufacturering. passed by the House of Representatives and
signed by the Governor which is HB708 (Act
Benefit 2. Job Creation to offset the General 108) effective as of January 24, 2013.
Budget Cuts imposed on needy people and a
measure for crime reduction.
Benefit 3. Accommodating Services for Retail
Establishments for an Electronics Take Back Plan
Benefit 4. Accommodating Services for
Citizens/Residents/ and Consumers with
sponsored E-Events at Shopping
Malls/Churches/Community Centers and so on.
• Shannon further stated “that with this sensible
Shannon stated in the conference that “ The plan the Harmonious Volunteer Center in
Harmonious Volunteer Center has collected and Partnership with Magnum Recyclers and
handled more than 2 million pounds of Thinking Green along with other certified
hardware equipment through donations that recyclers the nonprofit organization can acquire
have been responsibly reused and recycled for
end of life”. an additional 2 million tons in
the next 12 months.