You might want to check with the Red Cross and Salvation Army. The evacuees may need cell phones while they are in Houston or at other camps. There is a desperate need to contact family members from displaced people, and these cell phones would help a lot. Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tammy Espaillat" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] OT cell phones for Katrina > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> ========================================================= >>>> Important Subscriber Information: >>>> >>>> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ >>>> . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by >> sending >>>> a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of >> the >>>> message should read "help" (without the quotes). >>>> >>>> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message >> to >>>> [log in to unmask] . 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