Be aware that women's shelters and sexual assault resources in your area
probably redistribute cell phones to rape/domestic violence survivors.
For a survivor, knowing that she has a phone (usually programmed only to
dial 911) to call for help if she needs to can make a world of
difference.  

The tremendous suffering from Katrina shouldn't make us forget the
people in our own backyards who also need help.  If you have the
resources to do both, please do.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Greta Ham
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:22 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT cell phones for Katrina

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
> Sales Executive
> Just Plastics
> 250 Dyckman Street
> New York, NY 10034
> Phone#212-569-8500
> Fax#212-569-6970
> Site- www.justplastics.com
>
>
>
> 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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