City Hall a Drop Site for 'Cell Phones for Soldiers'

Editor's Note: The following is a City of Richfield press release.

The Richfield Municipal Center is a drop-off site for "Cell Phones For Soldiers"! 

Cell Phones for Soldiers Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing cost-free communication services to active duty military members and veterans. 

Cell Phones for Soldiers Fast Facts:
Since 2004, Cell Phones for Soldiers...

• Have provided 181 million minutes of free talk time
• Mails approximately 12,000 calling cards each week
• Recycled more than 10.8 million cell phones, reducing the impact on landfills
• July 2012 launched Helping Heroes Home, to provide emergency funds for returning veterans to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships.
• Has remained a family-run, non-profit organization operated almost exclusively by Bob, Gail, Brittany, Robbie and Courtney Bergquist.

More information can be found on the Cell Phones For Soldiers website

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