Minutes That Matter/ Helping Heroes By Recycling Cell Phones

Cell Phone For Soldiers is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing cost-free communication services and emergency funding to active-duty military members and veterans.  CPFS takes donations of your older cell phones, converts them to cash and then purchases prepaid calling cards and ships them to overseas military to call home for free.

5Gstore.com has had the honor of participating since 2014 with CPFS in an effort to positively impact the lives of others AND reduce waste for the environment.

Some may read that and think “Surely this is too good to be true”  but we can assure you that is not the case!

So far in September 2021 alone – thanks to all of those who have locally donated at the 5Gstore.com warehouse, CPFS will be able to upcycle these unwanted cell phones and accessories to have them turned into: 

 QUICK FACTS directly from the CPFS website:

Since 2004 Cell Phones For Soldiers has…

• Provided more than 400 million minutes of free talk time.
• Recycled more than 20 million cell phones, reducing the impact on landfills.
• Mailed approximately 2,500 calling cards each week.
• Since July 2012 Helping Heroes Home has assisted more than 5,000 veterans and their families with emergency funding.

In an effort to bring awareness to this great cause, we want to show you how easy it is for YOU to participate and spread the word on how to Donate Today!

CPFS has effectively provided 3 ways for you to donate your old cell phones:

1. Self-Paid Label(great for donations of 10 or less cell phones):
   1.  Go to this link and print out the pre-filled in label https://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/donate/
   2.  Apply this to your package to be used with any carrier of your choice. 
2. Pre-Paid Label (great for donations of 10+ cell phones):
   1. Go to this link and fill in the requested information for your donation https://row.ups.com/Ship/Ship/StandardShipGuest
   2. From here you will get a prepaid label that can be used with UPS to ship out your donation.
3. Local Drop Off Location*: 
   1. Go to this link https://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/donate/ and under the Drop-Off section click on Find A Location
   2. This will take you down to their map where you can enter in your zip code and search for locations between 10-300 miles away.

*We strongly recommend contacting the donation location before heading to drop off your donation to confirm they are still accepting donations in the event the website has not been updated.

For more information on this and any other questions about donating go to https://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/donate/ or you can email CPFS at info@cellphonesforsoldiers.com.  If you are near our offices in Crystal Lake, Illinois, you can drop off your old phones with us directly.