See It: The Community being helped

The Town of Fountain Hills Mayors Youth Council collected used and old cell phones to help spread awareness of domestic violence and help to recycle old phones. The MYC started their project in Jan. 2007, their goal was collect at least 10 phones each (total of 50) by the end of the school year in May of 2007. the cell phone drive was a perfect fit for these high school’ers, because most of their friends had old phones just sitting around. Most people don't know what to do with their old or used cell phone once they have gotten a new one. The MYC personally collected phones from their families, peers and other community members as well as had a drop box at Town Hall. The cell phone drive was so successful they collected 78 phones before their dead line! Most people don't know that cell phones will still dial 911 even if they are not in network use. It was also an opportunity to recycle some of those old phones people had wanted to get rid of. Cell phones are extremely bad for the environment if they are thrown away, once the battery starts to decompose it emits terrible toxins into the environment.