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  • Social Giving Study – How to Make Fundraising Feel Good

    Recycling phones is one way to integrate social connections into free online fundraising so you maximize good feelings and convenience while supporting your favorite causes. A recent study confirmed that encouraging connectedness between givers and recipients is what makes giving such a happy experience. Researchers found that charitable giving inspires more good feelings when we give to…

  • We Take Phones that One New York City Robber Turns Down

    You may have to donate cell phones if you’ve got a model so old that even a robber refuses to take it off your hands. A disappointed mugger in New York City handed a stolen cell phone back to his victim because it wasn’t up to his standards. Two men were recently confronted by armed robbers…

  • Why Complete Cell Phone Data Wipe is Important

    With all of the clutter surrounding so many of us, it’s a good idea to do some cleaning, even if the Punxsutawney Phil claims that spring is far away. A simple way to start is by clearing out all of those unused or outdated cell phones hidden in your junk drawers. Of course, you don’t want…

  • 5 Ways for Nonprofits to Collect Cell Phones for Easy Fundraising

    Recycling cell phones is an easy fundraising method that becomes even more profitable when you take advantage of all the ways your nonprofit can collect phones. These are 5 simple and effective methods to get you started. 1. Use your website If you don’t already have a “How You Can Help Us” section on your website,…

  • 3 Good reasons not to recycle cell phones…

    If you’re like many people, you probably got a brand new cell phone this year. Maybe it was a Christmas present from someone who wanted you to finally give up that old flip phone you’ve been hanging onto forever, or maybe you just decided to treat yourself to a new phone because you deserve it.…

  • Donate Cell Phones: 3 Weird Cell Phones, Infinite Good Causes

    When you donate cell phones, even the weirdest phone can help support a good cause. Go ahead and send us your standard model or something less ordinary. If you’ve got something stranger than these 3 cell phones lying around, we’d like to see it. Shape-Changing MorePhone: This flexible little guy curls up at the corners…

  • Better Than a Bake Sale: Free Online Fundraising For Churches and Youth Groups

    It’s not that bake sales don’t work, we all love a good brownie or blueberry muffin. But for some people, donating baked goods isn’t easy to fit into their schedule. Some people are too busy to spend half a day in the kitchen whipping up something delicious that someone else is going to eat. Similarly,…

  • Free Online Fundraising for School Spirit Days

    Free online fundraising helps to make school spirit days more meaningful when you collect cell phones to recycle for a good cause. We make it easy for anyone to start a cell phone fundraiser. School spirit days are a lot of fun, but dressing up like a hippy may not have much of a lasting impact…

  • What Happens When You Recycle Cell Phones?

    It‘s only natural to wonder what’s going to happen when you recycle cell phones, right? That phone sat in your pocket for so long, it’s like an old friend. Do they just dump them all into a big melting vat and turn them into park benches?  Or maybe they break them into tiny pieces and…

  • Donate Cell Phones: Who’s Using My Cell?

    It’s a good question, and the short answer is: Someone who needs it. When you donate cell phones, in “gently used” condition they’re cleaned up, tweaked to bring them back to full working order, and then they might be passed along to people in need—like victims of domestic violence who rely on their cell phones…

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