>Hahahaha. That would never happen. The optics would be horrible, both domestically and internationally. Such a good deed could never go unpunished. A universit

>Hahahaha. That would never happen. The optics would be horrible, both domestically and internationally. Such a good deed could never go unpunished. A university I worked for had a partnership with a nearby inner city elementary school. University employees did a lot of volunteer work for the elementary school, everything from weekend landscaping to weekday reading for storytime. When we upgraded a lab full of computers, we donated the older computers to the elementary school. Reinstalled the OS and productivity software, set up the network, and did all the work on physical placement, even cleaned the storage room being turned into a computer lab. These weren't obsolete machines, they just weren't cutting edge. Two weeks after the new computers were setup the local paper ran a front page (thankfully below the fold) article on how we had dumped junk computers on the school. All of the quotes from the teachers were anonymous but it was obvious they were upset they didn't get the newest toys to play with. The e-rate scandal a few years previous hit the school and others like it pretty hard so until then they were accustomed to getting everything new-in-box. The principal did call the university to apologize and express gratitude for the computers but the damage to the university's public image and the partnership between the schools was already done. The volunteer work continued but it faded out over the next couple of years.