Starting July 2, AT&T users can support Cell Phones for Soldiers by texting CP4S to 704 -- $5.00 will automatically be donated to benefit troops serving overseas and will be added to your monthly bill. Please spread the word, and do your part!

Chevrolet To Raise $1 Million to
Help U.S. Troops Call Home

Chevrolet is launching a year-long campaign, with the goal of raising $1 million to support Cell Phones for Soldiers. To reach that goal, Chevrolet is calling on General Motors employees, NASCAR race fans, and Chevrolet dealers across the country to donate their unwanted, gently used cell phones to the cause. Cell Phones for Soldiers will recycle the cell phones, and use the proceeds to provide pre-paid calling cards and cell phones to troops serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Read the full press release.

Click here to print Pre-paid Shipping label.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Cell Phones for Soldiers Team Up to Help Our Troops Call Home

On Saturday, May 1, at 5:05 p.m. at the Richmond International Raceway infield media center, Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, founders of Cell Phones for Soldiers, to announce the GM /Cell Phones for Soldiers Help our Troops Phone Home program’s 2010 trackside schedule. The Richmond race will be the first of several track visits throughout the racing season for Cell Phones for Soldiers. Race fans attending the races are encouraged to bring gently used cell phones to the track. There will be drop boxes at various locations.

Watch Dale Jr’s Press Conference with Brittany and Robbie Bergquist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNOECxm2GM0

If you can’t make it to the races, you can still support this
collection drive by downloading a mailing label here.

Cell Phones for Soldiers at New England Air Show
Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
August 28th and 29th, 2010

Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. is a proud sponsor of Cell Phones for Soldiers and during the months of March and April, Little Caesars will collect used cell phones to help raise money for calling cards so our troops can call home. Beginning March 1, postage- paid envelopes will be available to Little Caesars customers across the country so they can donate their old cell phones to support our troops. Please click on the logo above to find a Little Caesars participating location near you!

Click here to read the press release.

Military Order of the Purple Heart
The Military Order of the Purple Heart supports Cell Phones for Soldiers

Featured Sponsor - AT&T has donated more than $500,000 worth of prepaid phone AT&T has donated more than $500,000 worth of prepaid phone cards to Cell Phones for Soldiers and is now offering more than 2,000 company-owned wireless store locations across the country as drop-off sites to help recycle used cell phones for the program, through July 2011! View our sponsors

AT&T Visitors: Please click here to print a FREE postage-paid shipping label.

~ Proudly Serving All Branches of the U.S. Military ~

The Cell Phones for Soldiers program was started in April 2004 by 13-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 12-year-old brother Robbie of Norwell, Massachusetts.

Robbie and Brittany's goal is to help our soldiers serving overseas call home. They hope to provide as many soldiers as possible with prepaid calling cards. Through generous donations and the recycling of used cell phones, Robbie and Brittany have already distributed thousands of calling cards to soldiers around the globe. More

LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

Family Circle Magazine - Family Time

'Cell Phones for Soldiers' is featured in the November 29 issue of Family Circle.

View the article here.

[+] CNN: Young People Who Rock - 12.14.2007

CNN: Young People Who Rock

CNN.com's Nicole Lapin speaks with Brittany and Robbie Bergquist, founders of 'Cell Phones for Soldiers.'

View the video at www.cnn.com

[+] 'Cell Phones for Soldiers' Overseas with KGMB News 9 - 5.27.2008

'Cell Phones for Soldiers' Overseas

From KGMB 9 News in Hawaii - Robbie and Brittany appear at an A T & T store to introduce drop off points at 16 stores in Hawaii and to promote Cell Phones for Soldiers!

Go to www.kgmb9.com

Watch the video

[+] Exceptional Women - Magic 106.7 - Brittany Bergquist - 12.29.2007

Exceptional Women- Magic 106.7 Brittany Bergquist

Exceptional Women are everywhere…In the Spotlight: We wrap up 2007 with the youngest person we’ve ever interviewed. Meet 16-year-old Brittany Bergquist of Norwell. Co-founder of Cell phones for Soldiers. Don’t miss Exceptional Women with Candy O’Terry !

Listen to the broadcast on wmjx.everyzing.com

[+] USA TODAY: Teens Help Troops Phone Home - 12.15.2007

Teens Help Troops Phone Home

NORWELL, Mass. — At the holidays, for a soldier at war, there's nothing like a phone call home. Brittany and Robbie Bergquist have provided more than $1.4 million worth of them — 24 million precious minutes. The Bergquists are teenage siblings who didn't even own a cellphone in 2004, when they heard that an Army reservist faced a $7,600 bill for making calls home from Iraq.

Depot America Partners with Cell Phones for Soldiers

Farmingdale, NJ, Nov 30, 2007 - Depot America, an industry leader in the remanufacture and resale of quality printer parts, is now an official drop-off location for Cell Phones for Soldiers.

AT&T Teams with CPFS to Help Connect Military Families During Holidays

Company Donates Additional $250,000 in Prepaid Phone Cards; Announces New Push to Help Charity Reach Goal of Free Call Home for All Troops in IraqAT&T Awards CPFS Teen Founders With College Scholarships.

Listen to Brittany and Robbie on "Wake Up with Whoopi"

Whoopi Goldberg interviews Brittany and Robbie on her morning talk radio show, "Wake Up with Whoopi". A few topics discussed include how the program works, how and when it was started, the recent partnership with AT&T and more! To listen to the show, turn your computer's volume up and click on the link below!

Listen to the show at www.attcorpcomm.com/clips/whoopi/

[+] Fox 2 News: Cell Phones Can Turn Into Calling Cards For Soldiers - 11.13.2007

Cell Phones Can Turn Into Calling Cards For Soldiers

Fox 2 News, St. Louis - Your old cell phone can help a soldier stay in touch with family. FOX 2's Bonita Cornute tells us how a program called “Cell Phones For Soldiers” brings comfort to military families. O'Fallon, Illinois VFW Post 805 helps collect the wireless treasures. The trade off – one old phone generates two new phone cards!

View the video at www.myfoxstl.com

[+] Brittany & Robbie Win Microsoft Above and Beyond Youth Leadership Award - 11.12.2007

Brittany & Robbie Win Microsoft Above and Beyond Youth Leadership Award

Sister and brother Brittany and Robbie Bergquist created their program, Cell Phones for Soldiers, in 2004 when they were 13 and 12 years old, respectively. They learned of a soldier who had run up a cell phone bill of nearly $8,000 calling home to his family. Having a cousin serving in Iraq at the time made them realize the importance of keeping in touch with loved ones.

Read the full release at www.microsoft.com

Photos of the awards ceremony (click on thumbnail to view full image)

MEDIA COVERAGE

Cell Phones for Soldiers Featured on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric

For a 7-year-old who's missing his daddy and a father thousands of miles away at war, a phone call is not just a chance to catch up: It's the only way to cope, CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace reports.