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Dec 30, 2004

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." --Chinese Proverb

Cell Phones For Soldiers

For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war in Iraq, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are doing: helping soldiers phone home free. With $14 from their piggy banks, she and 12-year-old brother Robbie started Cell Phones for Soldiers. In less than nine months, the organization has provided $250,000 worth of prepaid calling cards to American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. They raise money by collecting old cellular phones and selling them to companies that refurbish them for resale.