Have a Cell Phone laying around? Donate- Cell Phones 4 Soldiers!

December 16, 2007 by Jo Soss  
Filed under 3) Local News & Events, 4) Naval Base Kitsap, 7) Blog

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist in April of 2004 with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $1 million in donations and distributed more than 400,000 prepaid calling cards to sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines serving overseas.Here is how it works. The cell phones collected are then sent to ReCellular, which in return pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone. The donation is enough to provide an hour of talk time to a military member deployed or stationed overseas.

An estimated 130 million cell phones will be replaced this year in the US. Most of these cell phones are either thrown away or stuffed somewhere to be forgotten. Most people have no idea what to do with their old/used cell phone.

So pass this information on. Click for all the ways you can donate your used cell phone for free – drop it off or send it in the mail.

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2 Responses to “Have a Cell Phone laying around? Donate- Cell Phones 4 Soldiers!”

  1. Kayla on August 22nd, 2008 11:17 am

    Hi my name is Kayla Barret. I have a few cell phones that i would like to donate. Would you be able to send me a packet/bag of some type for me to mail the phones in? Thank you for your time.

  2. Jo Soss-Olson on August 22nd, 2008 9:48 pm

    Hear are the locations where you can drop them off at – or go to the link in the article and you can print off the postage and get the mailing information – thanks for donating!

    BREMERTON locations:
    GSTC Troop 50599
    1109 Warren Ave.
    Bremerton, WA 98312
    Contact: Margie
    (360) 373-7409
    mtcbflash@msn.com

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    Pak Mail
    5050 State Highway 303
    Bremerton, WA 98311
    (360) 377-1372
    US618@pakmail.org

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