Madison, WI (1888PressRelease)
December 27, 2007 - Many homes in America have at least one or two old cell phones lying in a drawer or closet somewhere, doing nothing but collecting dust. Most people are unaware that cell phones such as these can be put to good use; they can be employed by organizations and businesses that use them for fundraising. One such organization is the Crime Response Program of Dane County.
The program is collecting used and unwanted cell phones to raise money that will provide crime victims with services and needs in the aftermath of victimization, such as lodging, food, gas and the response of a trauma specialist. Some phones may also be used as emergency 911 phones.
The Crime Response Program is asking the public to help by donating unneeded cell phones at any of the following locations: Madison Police Dept. District Station, Monona Police Dept., Fitchburg Police Dept., DeForest Police Dept., and the Crime Response Program, 211 S. Carroll St., Suite 205, Madison, Wis 53703. Cell phones may also be mailed to that address. This is any ongoing program.
“The Crime Response Program responds to all victims and witnesses living in Dane County,” said Linda Besser who is coordinating the cell phone fundraiser. “Crime-related trauma may include battery, robbery, home invasion, arson, hate crimes or homicide, just to name a few. It is an event outside the usual range of experience and is markedly distressing to most people.”
That’s why the program was put in place: to help people in times of extreme distress when faced with crime-induced trauma.
By donating cell phones, the public not only helps the Crime Response Program raise money for services for victims, they also help the environment, while at the same time getting rid of unneeded clutter in their homes.
The donated cell phones are sent to Pace Butler Corporation of Edmond, Okla., a leader in the cell phone recycling industry. Pace Butler pays for each shipment of cell phones they receive, while ensuring that each phone is recycled in a responsible manner and that no phone ever ends up in a landfill. The money raised benefits a worthy cause while the environment is spared of cell phones’ harmful toxins.
For more information, you’re asked to call the Crime Response Program at (608) 284-6908.
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