Friday, April 16, 2010

[421] MTSU Health Promotion to Collect Old Cell Phones, Accessories Next Week for HopeLine Program

Release date: April 16, 2010


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Health Promotion contact: Lisa Schrader, 615-494-8704 or thomason@mtsu.edu


MTSU Health Promotion to Collect Old Cell Phones,
Accessories Next Week for HopeLine Program


(MURFREESBORO, TN) – MTSU Health Promotion will be collecting no-longer used wireless phones, batteries and accessories for the HopeLine Program at various times during the week of April 19-23, Lisa Schrader, health promotion director, said.
In joining the June Anderson Women’s Center in its observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Health Promotion will have a donation box on the Keathley University Center Knoll with the Clothesline Project from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, she said. Items also can be brought to the Health Promotion office any time from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. the entire week. The office is located in the Health Wellness and Recreation Center.
Donated cell phones and accessories can be from any wireless service provider, Schrader said.
HopeLine provides wireless phones to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

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