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Â鶹´«Ã½ is proud to participate in Phone it Forward, a program. The program provides smartphones loaded with accessible apps to individuals who are blind or partially sighted. Beginning Monday, November 22, unused smartphones can be dropped off at an Â鶹´«Ã½ Library circulation desk.

The smartphones provided through CNIB’s program allow people who are blind or partially sighted to:

• Access emergency assistance from sighted volunteers.
• Read prescription labels and take medication safely.
• Recognize the faces of loved ones.
• Travel safely alone using GPS.
• Use built-in voice-over technology, which reads aloud everything that appears on a phone’s screen.

Donate your unused smartphone in three easy steps:

• Complete the and bring it with you to donate your phone. The Library will have printed copies available.
• Bring your used smartphone and signed donation agreement to a circulation desk employee during Library operating hours at the north or downtown Oshawa campus location.
• Receive a from CNIB after they have collected the phones and assessed their value.

Note: The Library will keep all donated phones in a secure area until CNIB collects them.

For more information, contact aoda@ontariotechu.ca or visit the university’s .