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3/21 I have a lot of old cell phones. They are from 5 years old to
maybe 2 years old. I don't need them. Is there a charity or some
other good use for these? I am not sure if they can still be used.
They all have SPRINT logos on them, but the phones are made by
Motorola, Kyocera, and such. --dim
\_ when I worked at motorola, they collect old cell phones
for domestic abuse victims. don't know if it's this
organization (I am still using my first cell phone (a
clunky old startac)):
http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/DonateAPhone
Try a "donate a cell phone" google search for more
choices but I guess you know that already.
\_ http://accrc.org also takes used cell phones. The older ones are probably
scrap, but they'll dispose of them in an enviornmentally-correct
way for free.
\_ i dumped a couple of my old phones at a local verizon store.
they give you some tax writeoff and will redistribute them
to domestic abuse victims. |
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| www.wirelessfoundation.org/DonateAPhone -> www.wirelessfoundation.org/DonateAPhone/ DONATE A PHONE I have a phone I want to donate I want to start a collection for my community cause My company is interested in collecting phones for a charitable cause Headlines CALL TO PROTECT ClassLink VITA The Amy Fund Board of Directors . Lynn Rosenthal, Executive Director, National Network to End Domestic Violence; Rita Smith, Executive Director, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Sheryl Cates, Executive Director, Texas Council on Family Violence pictured from left to right; The DONATE A PHONE CALL TO PROTECT campaign collects wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence. Proceeds from the sale of phones help fund agencies that fight domestic violence and are also used to support the educational efforts of the Wireless Foundation. Other phones are refurbished and become lifelines for domestic violence victims when faced with an emergency situation. CALL TO PROTECT 2555 Bishop Circle West Dexter, MI 48130-1563 Donated phones are tax deductible. As the donor, you have the privilege and responsibility of determining the value of your gift for tax purposes. You may print a Tax Receipt to reflect the value of the phone you have donated. |
| accrc.org Pick something up from our attempt at blatent commercialism. News The ACCRC will be looking for the next holiday excuse to be closed. So check out our phone message or web site before you visit. The ACCRC is now home to the famous Junk Yard Super Computer, the infamous free-shelf, and the always popular free Internet and gaming cafe. We are the Alameda County Computer Resource Center, a 501 non-profit corporation. We will recycle anything you can plug into a power outlet that doesn't have food put inside of it on a regular basis. This means we'll recycle your computer, your VCR, your Television, but not your microwave, your washing machine, or your refrigerator. When you give us your computer, you will receive a tax write-off, and we will attempt to fix your equipment and then give it away to someone who would otherwise never be able to afford a computer. If your equipment is completely dead, it will be recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. These fees are used to insure that we will have the funds to properly dispose of all non-functioning equipment. We must charge these fees no matter whether the equipment you are donating is functioning or not. Unfortunately, it is not cheap to recycle electronics properly. Any electronics recycler who is not charging a fee is very likely shipping the equipment to China or the Philipenes where it will probably be stripped of its copper and then thrown in a landfill or river. The ACCRC does not ship electronic scrap overseas for the purposes of recycling. The only equipment we send out of North America are rebuilt PC's for donation to foreign charities. |