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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

Not that long ago, there were dozens of charity mobile phone donation programs vying for attention. TechSoup has long sent our old phones to the 911 Cell Phone Bank , a nonprofit that provides emergency cell phones and funds to meet the unexpected and urgent needs of law enforcement and disaster victims. What happened to them?

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Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

The prize is the only program in the country focused on promoting and encouraging the work of social innovators over 60, like: Wilma Melville , a 74-year-old, retired physical education teacher, who won $100,000 for creating The National Disaster Search Foundation. Start your nomination today for the 2008 Purpose Prize.