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FRISCO — Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue is continuing its participation in the popular “Cell Phones for Soldiers” campaign for a third year, collecting used phones — in any condition — to help U.S. soldiers abroad call home.
The nonprofit campaign, founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money, has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.
Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas in 2008. To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers expects to collect 50,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.
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.
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldiers,” said Steve Lipsher, Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue’s public information officer. “Many of Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue’s employees have served overseas or have loved ones currently serving overseas, and they truly understand the support and comfort a simple phone call can provide.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by dropping their phones off at any Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue location, including:
— Station 2, 301 S. Eighth Ave., Frisco
— Station 8, 225 Lake Dillon Drive, Dillon
— Station 10, 401 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne
— Station 11, 22393 U.S. Highway 6, Keystone
Approximately half of the phones ReCellular processes are reconditioned and resold to wholesale companies in over 40 countries around the world. Phones and components that cannot be refurbished are dismantled and recycled to reclaim materials, including gold, silver and platinum from circuit boards; copper wiring from phone chargers; nickel, iron, cadmium and lead from battery packs; and plastic from phone cases and accessories.
For more information on the program, visit www.cellphonesfor soldiers.com.
The nonprofit campaign, founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money, has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.
Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas in 2008. To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers expects to collect 50,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.
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.
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldiers,” said Steve Lipsher, Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue’s public information officer. “Many of Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue’s employees have served overseas or have loved ones currently serving overseas, and they truly understand the support and comfort a simple phone call can provide.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by dropping their phones off at any Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue location, including:
— Station 2, 301 S. Eighth Ave., Frisco
— Station 8, 225 Lake Dillon Drive, Dillon
— Station 10, 401 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne
— Station 11, 22393 U.S. Highway 6, Keystone
Approximately half of the phones ReCellular processes are reconditioned and resold to wholesale companies in over 40 countries around the world. Phones and components that cannot be refurbished are dismantled and recycled to reclaim materials, including gold, silver and platinum from circuit boards; copper wiring from phone chargers; nickel, iron, cadmium and lead from battery packs; and plastic from phone cases and accessories.
For more information on the program, visit www.cellphonesfor soldiers.com.
