Carl Wegener's Contact Details

Carl Wegener's Company Details

RecycleYourCamera.com "For Kids"

Stillwater, Minnesota, United States • 0 Employees
Photography

Inspired while attending a Ted Talk event at the Stillwater Library nearly two years ago titled Photography for Change, Carl Wegener began the process of putting his thoughts on how he could take his favorite hobby to a higher level. His concept called "RecycleYourCamera.com – For Kids" takes older abandoned digital cameras that most people have because their cell phone have become their primary image capture device and re-purposing them in classes for kids. Especially those kids from dysfunctional backgrounds. Targeted age range for students is 9 to 14 years of age and the concept is simple: Empower kids with photography knowledge and a camera.Currently in the pilot stage, using cameras collected by word of mouth, Carl has run test classes with Wilder Camp students in Stillwater Minnesota and 4-H students in Western Wisconsin. The end goal is to create a non-profit 501 c3 organization where digital cameras will be actively solicited, collected and redistributed in classes for kids. His vision also sees the development of class coursework and a supporting RecycleYourCamera.com YouTube channel. The envisioned YouTube channel would be free and accessible to the public with the express purpose of continuing online photography education to as many kids as possible.