Last year, the company’s three Detroit locations partnered with non-profit organization Cell Phones for Soldiers to become collection points. Started five years ago by Massachusetts siblings Brittany and Robbie Bergquist, the organization has raised $4 million and distributed hundreds of thousands of pre-paid calling cards to troops. Brittany received the phones from 1-800-Mini-Storage at ReCellular, the Dexter, Mich., company responsible for recycling and selling them.
Cell Phones for Soldiers collected 4 million phones last year and 2 million this year; it sends about 7,200 phone cards per week to soldiers abroad. Each card allows for a free hour of talk time.
1-800-Mini Storage will continue make collections of used cell phones, old cell-phone batteries, chargers, PDAs and accessories.
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