Even if Katarina relief efforts can't use them, there are plenty of 
charities which can use old cell phones, e.g.:
The March of Dimes: http://www.marchofdimes.com/howtohelp/646_7983.asp
More general clearinghouse, for both working and nonworking phones 
(helps the environ. too): http://www.wirelessrecycling.com/
or http://www.charitablerecycling.com

On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Tammy Espaillat wrote:

> Bummer... I didn't think of the towers. I have 4 phones I can send, but
> maybe we can send them once the towers are up again? Although, I gather
> cellphone use is not of utmost importance considering the lack of food 
> and
> water. May God be with them all...
>
> -- 
> Tammy Espaillat
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> Just Plastics
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>
>
>
> On 9/7/05 10:34 AM, "William Morgan Greaves" <[log in to unmask]> 
> wrote:
>
>> I do not mean to be a party pooper but I have been in email contact 
>> with
>> some of the people at the Children's Museum of the bayou and they say 
>> the
>> biggest problem is cell phones, as most of the cell phone towers are 
>> down
>> and looks like it will be quiet a time to get repaired. Emergency 
>> towers
>> will be first but the average john Dow can not access these towers.
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Holly Marie Bethune <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: 9/7/2005 10:27:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: OT cell phones for Katrina
>>>
>>> Excellent idea - I have one as well.
>>>
>>> Holly Marie Bethune
>>> Docent Coordinator
>>> Mathers Museum of World Cultures
>>> 601 E. 8th St.
>>> Bloomington, IN  47408
>>> 812-855-0197
>>> http://www.indiana.edu/~mathers/
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Elizabeth Moore <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>
>>>> Has anyone heard of any programs to accept donations of and 
>>>> distribute
>>>> secondhand cell phones for use in the south?  I recently switched 
>>>> cell
>>>> phone plans and have two year-old phones that could be reprogrammed 
>>>> and
>>>> used.  I was going to donate them to a women's shelter but if there 
>>>> is
>>>> someone taking cell phones for the gulf area I would send them 
>>>> there.  I
>>>> did a quick search online but found nothing.  Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore
>>>> Curator of Collections and Archaeology
>>>> Virginia Museum of Natural History
>>>> 1001 Douglas Avenue
>>>> Martinsville, VA  24112
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>> (276) 666-8634
>>>>
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