Consumers can accord corpuscle phones to Cell Phones for Soldiers, a non-profit alignment which aims to accommodate every U.S. soldier with a way to alarm home for free. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to aggregate added than 25,000 corpuscle phones in December to advice troops break affiliated with their families this anniversary season.
Norwell, MA -- More than 150,000 troops confined across will absorb this anniversary division abroad from their families. The non-profit Cell Phones for Soldiers accumulation is calling on all Americans to abutment these adventurous men and women by altruistic bare corpuscle phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to aggregate over 25,000 corpuscle phones during the ages of December to advice accumulate troops affiliated with their families.
"The anniversary division is an abnormally alone time for soldiers abroad, and for their families at home," says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. "We're allurement Americans to accomplish a baby cede of abutment by altruistic their bare corpuscle phones, to advice accommodate soldiers with a much-needed affiliation to their admired ones for the holidays."
The anniversary division is an abnormally alone time for soldiers abroad, and for their families at home We're allurement Americans to accomplish a baby cede of abutment by altruistic their bare corpuscle phones, to advice accommodate soldiers with a much-needed affiliation to their admired ones for the holidays. We accept been afflicted by the acceptable abutment of bags of Americans who accept helped our troops allege with their admired ones However the charge for abutment keeps growing as added soldiers are beatific to the Middle East or are asked to serve continued tours of duty. Cell Phones for Soldiers is agreeable Americans to appearance their abutment in one of three ways:
- Individuals are arrive to accord corpuscle phones by downloading a prepaid shipment characterization from cellphonesforsoldiers.com, or to locate a bounded accumulating website in their area
- Existing accumulating sites are arrive to download a Cell Phones for Soldiers assurance from cellphonesforsoldiers.com for affectation in their business
- Businesses and grassroots organizations are arrive to alpha their own accumulating drive, and can appointment cellphonesforsoldiers.com for accumulating tips, and instructions for prepaid shipment of calm phones
Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit alignment has aloft about $1 actor in donations and broadcast added than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers confined overseas.
"We accept been afflicted by the acceptable abutment of bags of Americans who accept helped our troops allege with their admired ones," says the teens' father, Bob Bergquist. "However the charge for abutment keeps growing as added soldiers are beatific to the Middle East or are asked to serve continued tours of duty."
Through added fundraising efforts, the Bergquist ancestors hopes to accession added than $9 actor in the next 5 years to armamentarium new programs, such as accouterment video phones and prepaid account to acquiesce soldiers abroad to see their families on a approved basis.
Phones donated to Cell Phones for Soldiers are beatific to Michigan-based ReCellular, which pays up to $50 for anniversary donated buzz - abundant to accommodate twenty-five hours of calling cards to soldiers abroad.
Approximately bisected of the phones ReCellular processes are reconditioned and resold to broad companies in over 40 countries about the world. Phones and apparatus that cannot be refurbished are dismantled and recycled to accost materials, including:
- Gold, argent and platinum from ambit boards Copper base from buzz chargers Nickel, iron, cadmium and advance from array packs Plastic from buzz cases and accessories
For advice on how to accord corpuscle phones this anniversary season, appointment cellphonesforsoldiers.com.
About Cell Phones for Soldiers:
Cell Phones for Soldiers was created by Brittany & Robbie Bergquist of Norwell MA. After account a adventure about a soldier who ran up a huge buzz bill calling home from Iraq, these two teenagers absitively to advice out. They started by aperture an anniversary with $21.00 of their own money. They are accession banknote donations and old corpuscle phones. The corpuscle phones are recycled for banknote and the gain are acclimated to buy prepaid calling cards for our soldiers confined in the Middle East. Cell Phones for Soldiers is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Their efforts accept motivated humans and businesses about the country to accord to this aces cause. Their ambition is to accommodate every US soldier with a way to alarm home for free. For added information, amuse appointment cellphonesforsoldiers.com.
About ReCellular Inc.:
With offices in the United States, Hong Kong, and Brazil, ReCellular Inc. is the world's foremost collector, reseller and recycler of acclimated wireless phones and accessories. We accommodate solutions for the collection, reclaim and recycling of acclimated claimed electronics that accomplish banking acknowledgment for our partners, above articles for our customers, allotment for alms organizations, and aegis of the environment. Corporate and broad advice is accessible at ReCellular.com. Consumer information, including the Cell Phone Data Eraser, alms fundraising programs, and advice on how to donate corpuscle phones, is accessible at WirelessRecycling.com.
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