Andrew Casperini This is Me

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1. 1. High-tech philanthropy - - The Mining Gazette

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   Published on: 7/26/2005   Last Visited: 7/27/2005

   HANCOCK - Dick Casperini and his son Andrew, 17, drove across the country to help students in two Upper Peninsula communities.
   ...
   Andrew, while noting that the trip was his father's idea, laughed and said, 'But I did all the work.'
   
   However this month's trip wasn't Dick's first time in the Copper Country. He grew up in Iron River and graduated from Michigan Tech University in 1969.
   
   He is also a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity of Hancock, which is why he has such a strong connection to the local community.
   
   He said he received a newsletter from the fraternity several years ago announcing their taking on Hancock elementary as a community service project.
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   Andrew, who will be entering his senior year at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino this fall, agreed.
   
   'Computers are so important for school work in general,' he explained. 'In this day and age you need to be computer literate.
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   Andrew Casperini places a computer monitor in a storage area of Hancock's Barkell Elementary School July 18. Andrew and his father, Dave Casparini, drove from California with 4,000 pounds of computer equipment which they donated to schools in Hancock and Ontonagon.