Atlanta Cell Phone and iPad Repair Business Has Partnered With Cell Phones For Soldiers To Provide Troops With Free Calls Home
Bob Knows Phones has become an official drop off location for Cell Phones for Soldiers, an organization formed to collect used cell phones for recycling. The proceeds from the recycling program provides free calling cards to troops to call home.
Online, March 25, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Bob Knows Phones(tm), an Atlanta smartphone and iPad repair business, and non-profit Cell Phones for Soldiers Inc. are asking Atlanta area residents to help troops call home by donating gently-used cellular phones. Although the military landscape is ever changing, as many as 290,000 troops are serving in the U.S. military overseas and around the world. By donating to Cell Phones for Soldiers, Atlanta residents can provide troops with that precious connection to loved ones back home.
Beginning today, residents can donate their phones at Bob Knows Phones(tm) locations in Alpharetta and Atlanta:
Alpharetta Crossing
11770 Haynes Bridge Road
Alpharetta, GA 30009
Phone: (678)341-1041
Shops of Buckhead
2221 Peachtree Road NE #R
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (678)298-3191
"We have been recycling used cell phones ever since we opened our doors," says Bob of Bob Knows Phones(tm), "but being able to help our troops at the same time is an added bonus. We are happy to be a part of the Cell Phones for Soldiers program."
Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded in 2003 by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist at the ages of 12 and 13. The charity has since provided 181 million minutes of free talk time to servicemen and women stationed around the world. Funds raised from the recycling of cellular phones are used to purchase prepaid international calling cards. On average, Cell Phones for Soldiers distributes 12,000 calling cards each week to bases around the world, care package programs, deployment ceremonies and VA hospitals.
"Each year we have been humbled by the amount of people and organizations like Bob Knows Phones(tm) that take the initiative to support our troops," said co-found Brittany Bergquist. "We want to continue to mend the communication gap between our armed forces and their loved ones as troops continue to serve our country abroad."
Donated phones are sent to Michigan-based ReCellular for recycling. For every donated phone valued at $5, Cell Phones for Soldiers is able to provide two and a half hours of free talk time to deployed troops.
Approximately half of the phones ReCellular processes are reconditioned and reused. Phones and components that cannot be refurbished are dismantled and responsibly recycled to reclaim materials, including:
* Gold, silver and platinum circuit boards
* Copper wiring from phone chargers
* Nickel, iron, cadmium and lead from battery packs
* Plastic from phone cases and accessories
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