[Students] PhoneRaiser Project - we need YOUR help!

Amandah Norman anorman2 at leo.tamu-commerce.edu
Tue Mar 2 14:22:42 CST 2010


You Can Change Lives by Donating Your Retired Cell Phones
Recycle to Eradicate Poverty


The Chiapas Project is a nonprofit organization founded by
prominent Dallas business and civic leaders to support
microfinancing programs for women in poverty. The Chiapas
Project receives funds for each cell phone/PDA and each ink
jet cartridge donated. This project raises funds for
microfinance loans that make it possible for women in poor
families - who typically live on less than $2 dollars a day
- to earn much-needed income and rise above the poverty
level. These women can buy chickens and sheep to raise,
plant trees to produce and sell fruit, purchase a corn
grinder to make tortillas for the market, or buy cloth to
create and sell handicrafts. The loan repayment rate is a
remarkable 98 percent. As a result, women are able to save
for the future, invest in their children's education, and
raise families in healthier environments.


WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The cell phone/PDA and ink jet cartridge recycling boxes are
placed in six convenient locations throughout campus. Please
take a minute of your day to collect any old cell phones/PDA
and ink jet cartridges you may have to donate.


The locations of these boxes are as follows:

*** Ferguson Social Science Building (2nd floor, near
Sociology/CJ dept. offices)

*** Student Access Center (near Financial Aid/Registrar’s
desk)

*** Jerry D. Morris Recreational Center (across from
reception desk)

*** Sam Rayburn Student Center (1st floor, across from the
Mane office)

*** McDowell Administration/BA Building (first floor across
from cashier’s window)

*** NOW LOCATED IN THE MESQUITE METROPLEX CAMPUS!! Across
from the library near the main entrance hallway.

If you have any further questions about this organization or
how you can help, please feel free to contact me. Amandah
Norman: anorman2 at leo.tamu-commerce.edu or visit
http://www.chiapas-project.org for more information. The
Chiapas Project is working in conjunction with Phoneraiser;
(972)239-9911


Here’s a few interesting facts:
** One cell phone in a landfill can pollute up to 35,000
gallons of drinking water.
** Cell phones contain no less than eight toxic substances,
including arsenic, lead, and mercury.
** There are more than 500 million retired cell phones in
the US and every month 10 million more cell phones are
retired.




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