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Cell Phones for Soldiers

Stop by anytime at GMAR office, 12300 W. Center Street, Milwaukee to donate your phone(s).

More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and GMAR are calling on all REALTORS® to support these brave men and women by donating your used cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 50,000 cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families.

No need to worry, they have thought of everything…Erase Cell Phone Data For Free

Please don’t hesitate about making your donation because you phone is full of your personal contacts. Here’s a tool to help you erase your cell phone data. To receive instructions for your device, simply click here.

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization has raised almost $1 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.

Did you know that…

• The average person upgrades their phone every 16 months.

• An estimated 130 million phones will be retired this year in the United States.

• Approximately 202,000 ounces of gold could be recovered if these phones had been recycled.

Click on the link below for some enlightening facts about recycling cellular phones.


Cell Phones For Soldiers Fact Sheet