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Cell Phones for Soldiers

collection of cell phones to provide free 60 minute calling cards to our troops serving overseas

Please donate your used cell phone for this worthy cause.

Nancy Seibert has been collecting for “Cell Phones for Soldiers” since 2006. She has combined forces with the

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Berkeley based, “Support the Troops” project and Lloyd Mullikin, who has been sending packages oversea since 2004. Over the past six years these projects have worked closely together collecting phones, and mailing packages which include the calling cards to our troops overseas.

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Cell phones are collected in any condition and sent to a recycler. The profits from the recycling are sent to the organization headquarters in Massachusetts to purchase 60-minute calling cards for our troops overseas so that they may keep in contact with their families during their deployment.

To date, there have been over 18,500 phones collected and over 74,000 free 60-minute calling cards donated through thru our efforts to date. We have various drop sites throughout the area so that donors can drop their phones in them and then we collect them from the sites for recycling.

We are also accepting names of soldiers serving overseas to send them calling cards. We will need their name, rank, and military mailing address to mail them a package along with the calling cards.

Your participation in the program would be greatly appreciated by the Cell Phones for Soldiers program. If you require more information, please contact Nancy Seibert, project coordinator at 732-606-6040.

Thank you on behalf of our soldiers for your donation.

Collection Locations as follows:

All Lester Glenn Auto Group locations

Berkeley “Sounds of Summer Concerts” Veterans Park, Bayville

Berkeley Twp. Police Dept. Bayville All Berkeley Twp. Municipal buildings.

Shoprite, Bayville, Lobby

VFW Post 9503, Bayville

Elks, Bayville

Bayville Auto

First Energy Park (Lakewood Blueclaws), Lakewood

Berkeley twp. Bd of Ed

Altieri Chiropractic, Bayville

Ocean County Courthouse , Toms River

Ocean County Clerk Office, Toms River

Community Hospital, Outpatient, Toms River

Toms River Armory

Pine Beach PO

Your Grandmothers Cupboard, Toms River

Silver Ridge, Holiday City and Holiday City West—various clubhouses

Silver Ridge Real Estate, Toms River

Charity Resell Shop, Toms River

Berkeley Shores Homeowners Association

Community Medical Center (outpatient desk)

Sarah’s Beauty Salon, Berkeley Shopping Center

Maureen’s Precision Cut, Bayville

Bayville Auto, Bayville

Presbyterian Church of Toms River, Hooper Ave.

C&C Marina, Bayville

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