Cells for Cells

Recycle Cell Phones to Help Families Battling Cancer

Cells for Cells

Cells for Cells reaches $20,000 raised for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

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Today, with great excitement, I would like to announce that Cells for Cells has reached the $20,000.00 mark in money raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

We could not have done this without the help of so many wonderful people and companies.

I have to first thank Janna LaCock, executive director of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society here in Kansas City. Janna – thank you for believing in us and trusting us with this little idea to raise money by recycling cell phones!

I have to say thank you to everyone in the Orange County and Philadelphia Chapters for allowing us to start Cells for Cells in your cities – Kimberly and Janine and Marissa and Dana – thank you.

And thank you to all of our partners that loyally support us – this would not happen if it wasn’t for you. Please share my gratitude with all of your employees who have donated their phones to Cells for Cells.

Please remember that the cell phones that YOU recycle are used to generate money for the Patient Financial Aid Programs of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. With that money, cancer patients and their families have access to financial resources for drugs, medicines, blood screening, transfusions, transportation costs, and co-pay assistance.

I am very comfortable saying that YOUR old cell phones are a tool to help beat cancer and to help save a life.

Looking forward to an incredible 2009,

Jason Clements

Cells for Cells: Part of Pepsi’s Eco Challenge

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Have you seen Pepsi’s Eco Challenge website?

It begins with “Welcome to the NEW Pepsi Challenge. Many Pepsi fans remember the days of the Pepsi Challenge – when we dared consumers to chose among competing cola brands and trumpeted the fact that our brand consistently came out on top. (My personal favorite is Pepsi Cherry Cola – mmmm.)

The website continues, “Today we heed to a different call and face a different challenge, one that cuts across brands, companies, industries and even continents – the challenge of environmental stewardship, protecting our planet’s resources for the generations to come…”

It is one of the most robust recycling websites I have seen. The Pepsi Eco Challenge website tells the entire story of what Pepsi is doing to reach their environmental goals – from their improving their trucks and buildings to helping college students recycle with the new URecycle program.

And, did you know that Cells for Cells is part of Pepsi’s Eco Challenge:

To navigate to the Cells for Cells section of Pepsi’s Eco Challenge, go to www.pepsiecochallenge.com.

Then, click on the bottom right hand on the PACKAGING link and then, after that page loads, click again on the bottom right hand on the PARTNERSHIP link.

Thank you, Pepsi, for your leadership. Thank you for using our resources efficiently. And, THANK YOU for allowing Cells for Cells to be a part of Pepsi’s Eco Challenge.

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By the way, do you remember this classic Pepsi commercial with the Godfather Girl?

Sneak peek at the new website and submit pictures to be a part of the Cells for Cells family

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As promised, we have a capture of our new site. It is almost ready to go live.

One of the new goals of our website is to involve YOU.

We would love to have you become a part of Cells for Cells. If you are:

  • a family battling cancer
  • supporting a family battling cancer
  • caring for a family battling cancer
  • praying for a family battling cancer
  • battling cancer, yourself

In the photo area, on the homepage, we will rotate pictures that you, our Cells for Cells family, provide. Please join us by submitting a photo of you, your family, or your loved one. We would be honored to have you as a part of our Cells for Cells family.

Follow these simple steps:

1. upload your favorite picture to www.flickr.com
2. flickr.com is free. open a free account if you don’t alread have one
3. tag your pictures with “cellsforcells family”
4. write a brief description of the picture – we want your story to be a part of Cells for Cells

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jason

The Super Awesome, Lots of Things Happening / We Can Recycle Any Cell Phone Video

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Cells for Cells Episode 4

I have to first thank Penn Treaty from Philadelphia for donating a large box of phones. It was the perfect box to shoot this video with a nice mix of brand new phones and really old brick phones. What is so neat is that we can recycle all of it. Thank you Penn Treaty for supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Philadelphia.

*** NOTE to Orange County / Inland Empire Chapter ***

Janine Ingram asked me to customize your poster for the Light the Night Walk that you are having at Angel Stadium on September 20th. If you can, please use this Battle Cancer with a Cell Phone poster.

We will have the blank poster available for download in the next 24 hours at scribd.com

www.fatmanunleashed.com

I like Israel Lagares. I enjoy that he is genuine. I enjoy that his mission is to help people just like Cells for Cells. His other site is www.healthranker.com. When you finish watching the vid here, jump over to either of Israel’s sites.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Jason

Ferrellgas’ Phone Donation to Help Families Battling Cancer

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As part of an ongoing partnership with Cells for Cells, Ferrellgas hosted
a cell phone collection drive, donating nearly 1000 cell phones to the recycling program

Shawnee, KS (CellsforCells.com) September 17, 2008– Ferrellgas, one of the nation’s largest propane distributors, donated nearly 1000 cell phones to Cells for Cells, the Shawnee, Kansas-based cell phone recycling program that benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Stirring enthusiasm for the project with a company-wide competition, Ferrellgas was able to inspire its employees and local communities to get involved in the fight against cancer.

Jim Saladin, Manager of Corporate Communications for Ferrellgas, organized the company-wide East-versus-West competition. Vice President of the Ferrellgas’ East Division Micah Redman and West Division Vice President Randy Schott each enlisted the participation of Ferrellgas employees in their respective areas, who in turn involved their customers and communities. In one notable instance, the Iowa City Cubs baseball team even held a special “free ticket night” for those who brought a cell phone to drop off at the game.

“Ferrellgas united the community,” Jason Clements, co-founder of Cells for Cells says. “Many families that battle leukemia, lymphoma, myleloma are unable to pay all their medical bills, and the efforts like Ferrellgas’ can help to significantly ease that burden.”

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society provides support, resources, and financial relief to families in need through their Patient Financial Aid Programs. The money that Cells for Cells raises by recycling cell phones is given to those Financial Aid Programs. It is through the generosity of corporate partners like Ferrellgas that community organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society owe their success.

Founded in 1939, Ferrellgas is the is one of the largest propane retailers in the United States, including the largest provider of propane by branded tank exchange.

Established in 2007, Cells for Cells raises money through cell phone recycling to provide financial relief to families battling cancer through their partnership with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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For interviews or information concerning the work Cells for Cells is doing to better the lives of families battling cancers, please contact Jason Clements at jclements (at) cellsforcells (dot) com.

Cells for Cells: Episode 3 FedEx shipping information

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Requesting a free FedEx shipping label is easy:

1. send an email to label (at) cellsforcells (dot) com
2. include your mailing address in your email
3. please include at least 10 20 cell phones to recycle
* If you dont’ have 10 20 phones to donate, Buddy Up with another Cells for Cells supporter
* Combine your phones to help decrease shipping costs

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Welcome to the Philadelphia Chapter and the Orange County/Inland Empire Chapter.

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Need more info about launching Cells for Cells in your chapter at your office? Contact Jason at jclements (at) cellsforcells (dot) com.