I’m all for recycling, yet I haven’t recycled my old cell phone as I just haven’t gotten around to it. This afternoon, I received a plastic envelope in a package of merchandise I ordered, and it was labeled “Cell Phones for Soldiers.” My curiosity up, I searched for this ‘business’ on the Internet and found an interesting story.
It seems that Robbie and Brittany Bergquist started this little organization in 2004 - when Brittany was 13 and her brother, Robbie, was 12. They had heard about a soldier who was wacked with a huge phone bill while calling home from Iraq. They collected snack money, opened an account at a bank, and the bank donated $500. From there, they tried to purchase as many prepaid calling cards as possible for our underpaid, overworked soldiers.
The deal with the cell phones is that every phone you donate can help increase the amount of talk-time Robbie and Brittany can provide to troops. If you didn’t get an envelope in this massive campaign, or if you haven’t noticed a drop-off box in your town, then go to the site and print a label, put the cell phone(s) in the smallest, lightest package possible (extra packing materials not required), add the label to the package (no postage necessary!), and drop it off at your post office or local mailbox.
They want cell phones ONLY. Don’t include manuals, chargers, etc. Visit the Cell Phone for Soldiers page to learn more. And remember - you don’t have to support the war to support the families who have made a sacrifice.
Posted by Linda at 8:00 AM PST
