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Be Prepared To Donate Your Cell Phone To Area Boy Scouts

January 23, 2005 -- The next time you look at that old cell phone gathering dust, keep the Boy Scouts in mind. They'd like to take it off your hands.



American Cellular Donation Organization (ACDO), a nonprofit organization based in Michigan, announced today that the Black Warrior Boy Scout Council (2700 Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa) has launched a used cell phone collection drive that will run indefinitely. During the campaign, used, idle cell phones will be asked for, thus freeing them from closets, desks and dressers and enabling them to be exchanged for a cash donation.



Nonworking cell phones that are collected will be recycled according to all EPA guidelines so they don't end up in landfills, where their toxins could harm the environment.



"Cell phone collection efforts have been extremely successful for the Girl Scouts, so it's nice to see the boys participating, too," ACDO founder and CEO Vincent Serio said today. ACDO is currently partnered with several Girl Scout councils across the country.



Mr. Serio said there are currently over 500 million idle cell phones in the United States and, he added, that number grows by nearly 80 million every year as users strive to keep up with the latest technology, such as camera phones and other gizmos.



Robert Johnson of the Black Warrior Boy Scout Council said the cell phone collection campaign would involve approximately 6,000 boys and 2,200 volunteers. Mr. Johnson said the effort would likely become a year-round program, and is important because of both goals - fundraising and cleaning up the environment thru recycling.



ACDO turns the donated cell phones into cash thru their sale to third world countries, small retailers, and others who need mobile communication but would not otherwise be able to afford it.



People interested in donating their used cell phones to the Black Warrior Boy Scout Council are urged to call (205) 554-1680. Individual donors looking to donate cell phones to no particular cause may visit www.cellulardonation.org/zip.asp for the dropoff location nearest to them. For more information about ACDO, including how your organization can raise funds and help the environment thru cell phone donations, call toll free at (888) 863-2355 or visit www.cellulardonation.org.

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