First, it bears remembering that the folks of New
Orleans are NOT going to be there.  The government is
compelling all to vacate.  We had no cell phone
service following Hurricane Jeanne when I was in
Florida, so without electricity to charge one's phones
and no phone service, rushing them off to Louisiana
would do no good.

However, these folks are being shipped to places all
over the US that do have electricity and phone
service.  Places like the Dream Center and the Red
Cross are all lending assistance.  Perhaps they could
benefit by accepting them, BUT they would still have
to partner with cell phone companies to provide
service, or it would be a moot point.  This becomes
further complicated because, unless the cell phone is
a brand (sometimes with a specific chip--like Sprint)
that that phone company services, they would not work.

I spent 8 months working in the Network
Telecommunications section of a major corporation. 
Recycled cell phones are sold off by the baskets to
third parties at nominal cost, but the old phones are
often considered useless.


--- Greta Ham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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]
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