Collecting Cell Phones to Raise Money?

[carnation]

Last month there was an article in Woman's Day about collecting used cell phones and sending them to companies to riase funds. Apparently, you can raise a good amount of money this way! Our Spanish Club wants to try it. Has anybody done this?

[AZ-AlphaXi]

I haven't any experience doing this .. but these is a club from Sabino High School in Tucson that has signs up in the neighborhood stores asking for old cell phones to be donated.

[honeychile]

I've never seen this as a fund raiser. Our local police department collects them, then reprograms them for the elderly to call 911.

Sorry I couldn't help you!

[raymondcartoun]

I know some domestic violence/women's shelters also accept old cell phones as well.

[Intense1920]

My chapter does this. You collect the phones and then them to a facility where they are reprogrammed for 911 only calls. The facility then sends us money for the phones.