Cell Phones for Soldiers and Fillmore Mail Stop are calling on all Americans to support the brave men and women serving in the military by donating your used cell phones and chargers. More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families.

Local residents can help support the collection drive by donating their phones at:
FILLMORE MAIL STOP, 330 CENTRAL AVENUE, FILLMORE (Across from the Post Office)

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 501(c)(3) non-profit organization has raided millions of dollars in donations and distributed millions of prepaid calling cards to soldiers overseas.

The donated phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each phone – the money is used to purchase prepaid calling cards which are sent to troops. DONATE YOUR OLD CELL PHONES AND HELP OUR TROOPS CALL HOME. Your phone does not need to be working to donate it. Please drop off any broken, dead, smashed, or old phone, anything is usable. 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 ●Plastic from phone cases and accessories.