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Crosscutters Collecting Cell Phones to Aid Troops

August 28, 2009 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Williamsport Crosscutters News Release


The Williamsport Crosscutters have announced that they will be holding a Cell Phones for Soldiers Collection on Monday, August 31, when the Cutters host the Mahoning Valley Scrappers at 7:05pm.

Fans are encouraged to bring in and donate their old cell phones. The cell phones are then sold and turned in to prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas.

For every cell phone turned in, fans will receive a coupon for a free hotdog & soda at the Cutters concession stand. There is no limit on the number of phones that a person can donate.

Gabe Sinicropi, the Crosscutters Vice-President of Marketing hopes for a large participation from fans. "We encourage everyone to bring an old cell phone to the ballpark and help this great cause. What an easy way to help provide some small assistance to our troops. Like last year, we hope to see a large number of donations "

The phones collected 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.

Approximately half of the phones ReCellular processes are reconditioned and sold 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 * Plastic from phone cases and accessories

Monday's game between the Crosscutters and Mahoning Valley begins at 7:05pm with the gates opening at 6pm. Tickets are available online at www.crosscutters.com or by calling (570) 326-3389

About the Program The Cell Phones for Soldiers program was started in April 2004 by 13-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 12-year-old brother Robbie of Norwell, Massachusetts.

Robbie and Brittany's goal is to help our soldiers serving overseas call home. They hope to provide as many soldiers as possible with prepaid calling cards. Through generous donations and the recycling of used cell phones, Robbie and Brittany have already distributed thousands of calling cards to soldiers around the globe

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 15,000 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.

"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."

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $1 million in donations and distributed more than 400,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.

"Cell Phones for Soldiers started as a small way to show our family's appreciation for the men and women who have sacrificed the day-to-day contact with their own families to serve in the U.S. armed forces," says the teens' father, Bob Bergquist. "Over the past few years, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of others. But, we have also seen the need to support our troops continue to grow as more troops are sent overseas for longer assignments."

Through increased fundraising efforts, the Bergquist family hopes to raise more than $9 million in the next five years to fund new programs, such as providing video phones with prepaid service to allow soldiers abroad to see their families on a regular basis.

(more info at www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com)

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