{"id":3399,"date":"2011-01-27T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T09:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:53:16","slug":"cell-phone-recycling-helps-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-recycling-helps-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phone Recycling Helps Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CellPhones-4-Soldiers.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-225\" title=\"CellPhones-4-Soldiers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CellPhones-4-Soldiers.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-225 lazyload\" title=\"CellPhones-4-Soldiers\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CellPhones-4-Soldiers.gif\"><\/a>Two Dayton women have become dedicated to helping soldiers just by recycling old cell phones.&nbsp; Dorothy Wingard and Janis Bricker became involved with the Cell Phones for Soldiers scheme, which aims to recycle used cell phones in exchange for prepaid calling cards which are then given to soldiers who have been deployed in foreign countries, enabling them to call their loved ones back home, around two years ago and have since become addicted to the cause, being responsible for the recycling of more than twelve hundred old cell phones between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t take much effort,\u201d says Wingard.&nbsp; \u201cWe gather cell phones from people willing to donate them and bag the phones and accessories together for shipping.\u201d Every old cellular phone they recycle results in a soldier being given one sixty minute international calling card.&nbsp; \u201cEvery single person that donated a cell phone helped a soldier.\u201d Wingard also says that they are not doing anything that any other ordinary person would not be capable of doing and urges others to get involved.&nbsp; \u201cWe\u2019ve only been collecting old cell phones in the Dayton Valley \u2013 just think how many phone cards could be provided if every community did this,\u201d she notes.&nbsp; \u201cJust think of the impact there would be if every community did this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program helps families stay connected,\u201d says Bricker.<\/p>\n<p>Similar programs to help soldiers on deployment in foreign countries include Hugs From Home, which sends soldiers \u2013 including those with no families \u2013 packages, including cell phones, on Christmas, Valentine\u2019s Day, Easter and in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Dayton women have become dedicated to helping soldiers just by recycling old cell phones.  Dorothy Wingard and Janis Bricker became involved with the Cell Phones for Soldiers scheme, which aims to recycle used cell phones in exchange for prepaid calling cards which are then given to soldiers who have been deployed in foreign countries, enabling them to call their loved ones back home, around two years ago and have since become addicted to the cause, being responsible for the recycling of more than twelve hundred old cell phones between them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1824],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cell Phone Recycling Helps Soldiers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-recycling-helps-soldiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cell Phone Recycling Helps Soldiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two Dayton women have become dedicated to helping soldiers just by recycling old cell phones. 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