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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 216911" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My thought is that at first some well established charities, like Ronald McDonald House, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, the USO, Autism Speaks, even Heifer International could be beneficiaries. It would need to be worked out somehow with the big groups adn with a cell phone provider. </p><p> </p><p>But some big name charities with established track records would be the start. Then a series of campaigns online to get people to be aware of the option to donate minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe, at some far point in the future, it would be possible to send minutes to a fund at major hospitals, or some charity that works with children's hospitals, to help identify families that could use this.</p><p> </p><p>But at first, just letting Ronald McDonald House have the minutes so that families can call home, discuss treatment options with spouses back home or other family members, and generally keep in touch.</p><p> </p><p>Let the Salvation Army use minutes to let soldiers call loved ones.</p><p> </p><p>let the Red Cross use minutes to help coordinate services in disaster areas, to let families reconnect after a natural disaster,etc...</p><p> </p><p>Let the Autism Now or another autism foundation use the minutes to cut down on overhead so more $$ goes to research. Or let them give minutes to families who are dealing with autistic children.</p><p> </p><p>Let the Hole in the Wall Charities use the minute so terminally ill kids in their camps can call home whenever they need to, or every night.</p><p> </p><p>It just seems there is SO MUCH going to waste. WE pay for those minutes, and the cell phone carriers make money every month when the minutes are not used. Why would it be so hard to set a system up so that anyone with a cell can donate their unused minutes every month to a charity. Let the charity register cell phone numbers that are eligible for the minutesand then let them give the phones out to whoever they think needs them. When the minutes for the phone are used up the call ends, like whn your GoPhone runs out of minutes.</p><p> </p><p>I know it isn't that simple. But I don't see why it couldn't happen. Heck, for every 2 minutes a person donates, one minute goes to the charity. That way the cell carrier still gets some of the overage to pay for whatever overhead they have.</p><p> </p><p>I wonder who I need to contact to see if a group would be itnerested in this, and if they could help get a cell carrier on board.</p><p> </p><p>Hmmmmmm.... This may be a project for me for 2009.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 216911, member: 1233"] My thought is that at first some well established charities, like Ronald McDonald House, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, the USO, Autism Speaks, even Heifer International could be beneficiaries. It would need to be worked out somehow with the big groups adn with a cell phone provider. But some big name charities with established track records would be the start. Then a series of campaigns online to get people to be aware of the option to donate minutes. Maybe, at some far point in the future, it would be possible to send minutes to a fund at major hospitals, or some charity that works with children's hospitals, to help identify families that could use this. But at first, just letting Ronald McDonald House have the minutes so that families can call home, discuss treatment options with spouses back home or other family members, and generally keep in touch. Let the Salvation Army use minutes to let soldiers call loved ones. let the Red Cross use minutes to help coordinate services in disaster areas, to let families reconnect after a natural disaster,etc... Let the Autism Now or another autism foundation use the minutes to cut down on overhead so more $$ goes to research. Or let them give minutes to families who are dealing with autistic children. Let the Hole in the Wall Charities use the minute so terminally ill kids in their camps can call home whenever they need to, or every night. It just seems there is SO MUCH going to waste. WE pay for those minutes, and the cell phone carriers make money every month when the minutes are not used. Why would it be so hard to set a system up so that anyone with a cell can donate their unused minutes every month to a charity. Let the charity register cell phone numbers that are eligible for the minutesand then let them give the phones out to whoever they think needs them. When the minutes for the phone are used up the call ends, like whn your GoPhone runs out of minutes. I know it isn't that simple. But I don't see why it couldn't happen. Heck, for every 2 minutes a person donates, one minute goes to the charity. That way the cell carrier still gets some of the overage to pay for whatever overhead they have. I wonder who I need to contact to see if a group would be itnerested in this, and if they could help get a cell carrier on board. Hmmmmmm.... This may be a project for me for 2009. [/QUOTE]
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