Turn your old laptop into a child's classroom.
That laptop in your drawer has one more, far more important job in it. We'll wipe it, load LightBox, and place it where there's no school and no internet.
What we can — and can't — use
Only the one host server needs to be reasonably capable — everything students connect with just needs a browser, since LightBox is fully mobile-friendly. And that host server doesn't need to be powerful: our software automatically detects what it's running on and adjusts to get the best performance out of it. Stronger devices support several students learning at once; older ones scale back to one student at a time, with the tutoring itself staying just as capable either way.
Great fit
Our sweet spot. Runs at full capability, supporting several students at once with no lag.
Still very helpful
Older doesn't mean useless. The system adjusts automatically — students take turns instead of learning simultaneously. Every device like this means one more kid getting real support.
Every device counts
Reach out anyway. We'll find the best use for it — a classroom host, or spare parts for another machine.
Phones and tablets are a different story — they just connect to the host as a student screen, so we take those regardless of age or spec.
What happens to your device
Securely wiped
Every drive is erased and certified. Your files never travel with it.
Loaded with LightBox
The full offline curriculum and AI helper are installed and tested.
Deployed
It goes to a community with no school nearby, via a local partner.
You hear back
We send you a note about where your device landed and who it serves.
Pledge a device
Tell us what you've got and we'll set up a time to meet. Right now we collect devices in person across the DFW area — shipping isn't available yet.
Rescued from a drawer, wiped clean, and reborn as an offline school for a whole community.
Retiring devices in bulk? Bringing LightBox to your community?
We work with companies, schools, refurbishers, and missionary partners to move devices at scale — and to place boxes where they'll be used and cared for.
Companies & schools
Offload a fleet of retired laptops responsibly. We handle certified wiping and give you a record for every unit.
Missionaries & field partners
Already serving a remote community? We'll equip you with a LightBox and the training to run it.
Refurbishers
Have working stock you'd otherwise recycle? Send it our way and we'll turn it into classrooms.
Before you pledge.
Yes. Every drive is securely erased and certified before reuse — your files never travel with the device.
Laptops, mini-PCs, and desktops from ~2015 on make great host servers; tablets and phones work as the screens students learn on.
Right now we collect in person across the DFW metroplex — shipping isn't available yet. We'll coordinate a time that works for you.
After you pledge, we reach out to set up a meetup. Once we have the device, we wipe, load, and deploy it through a local partner.
Not yet. As a brand-new nonprofit we're focused on devices, partners, and volunteers first; funding will open later, with full transparency.
Yes — we send a note about the community your device landed in and who it serves.
Still unsure? Email us — we reply personally.