Localism: Cell Phones for Soldiers

Get a new cell phone for Christmas? Or maybe wanted ona and Santa forgot to leave you one, so you are planning on purchasing one soon? Check out this website, it's a great place to recycle your old phone for FREE and every phone that is donated will help increase the amount of talk time provided to our troops.

The phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone - enough to provide an hour of talk time to soldiers abroad. The money for each donated phone is then used to purchase phone cards to be sent to the troops.

"Americans will replace an estimated 130 million cell phones this year," says Mike Newman, vice president of ReCellular, "with the majority of phones either discarded or stuffed in a drawer. Most people don't realize that the small sacrifice of donating their unwanted phones can have a tremendous benefit for a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldiers"

Posted Tuesday Dec 25

(12/25/07 02:24AM) — Jen Hudson - Stanwood, Camano & Arlington,WA

Thanks Mary! I'm planning on getting a new phone soon, so I'll definately check this out.

(12/25/07 06:19AM) — Joel & Teresa Bennett

Seems like a good way to get rid of the phone and help our troops. It seem so little to do for what they do to protect us. Great post.

(12/25/07 07:40AM) — Palmetto Bay | Redland Real Estate | Maggie Dokic

Mary, this is a good cause. Thanks for pointing it out.

Merry Christmas!

(12/25/07 09:00AM) — Bill Gillhespy Fort Myers Beach Realtor

Mary, Just bought 2 new phones... hadn't really learned all the fancy features yet, and now even more features to learn ! Thanks for the post. Hope this is the best Christmas ever !