Secure The Call Lets You Put Your Used Cell Phone To Good Use
Perhaps you have an old cell phone somewhere. For whatever reason you do not want to keep it. Perhaps you switched to a carrier that does not utilize simm cards or switched from a carrier such as Verizon that uses proprietary phones. Such old phones can be put to several uses. Paperweight is tempting and well-behaved as is selling the phone on Ebay or at a yard sale. Passing it on to a relative who wants one may also work. If none of these options appeal to you however, or if you are looking for a way to lower the amount you owe in taxes, a group called Secure the Call can help.
Although they are headquartered in Maryland, Procure the Call will take donations from across the country and distribute them to where their needed. Since a cell phone with no active minutes can detached be used to call 911, the group then distributes the used cell phones to charities such as womens domestic violence shelters, neighborhood peruse groups, crossguards, nursing homes and assisted living centers.
If no group or business operates a drop box in your area, you can still send your cellular phone directly into Secure the call. Their website, www.securethecall.org conveniently lists the address you can send mature cellular devices to. If you already have the boxes set up to mail it out, they form it easy by providing a convenient link to a pdf shipping designate. To further make things easier for the user, those planning to use their contribution as a tax write off can also download a tax-write off form. If no drop off locations exist near you, the folks who rush the charity will help you set one up. Impartial call their number.
If the a battery or charger for your used cell phone is missing, you can still send it to them. Their faqs say the phones do not have to work in order to be donated, but also note that donating a phone as finish to working condition as is possible makes it easier to convert the phone to use for emergency purposes.
The organization clears the memory of donated items so people need not worry about their privacy. They also well-kept it and make any repairs necessary to bring it to working order so emergency services can be contacted.
If, like I do, you live in the Susquehanna Valley, Albright Care Services has placed several descend off boxes in businesses they operate. One of these includes the Riverwoods Nursing Home and Assisted Living facilities just outside of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Filed under Small Business Cell Phone by on Aug 11th, 2011. 