Cell Phone Recycling Fundraiser

Did you know your old cell phones can be recycled? There is such a thing as an Eco ATM (we have one in our local mall) where you can take your old phone and turn it in for cash. The process is a little time consuming though.



There are also groups online that will pay postage for larger numbers of phone to be shipped in then they will pay cash for the items based on their condition. Each phone is worth at least $1 and could be worth up to $250.

So, for our second fundraising effort, we will be collecting unwanted cell phones and recycling them to raise funds for our adoption.

We are holding a phone drive the second Saturday in April right in our own neighborhood. Our neighborhood association has a newsletter that goes out to all the residents every other month. The person in charge of writing the newsletter offered to 'advertise' our phone drive in the newsletter. We are also looking into other ways to advertise our event through church, friends, Facebook, and craigslist.

This first phone drive is the guinea pig. The goal is to collect 100 phones. If this first collection is successful we will definitely repeat the phone drive in other locations.

Do you have unwanted cell phones?...