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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1078 

Commending the nonprofit organization Cell Phones for Soldiers for its resolute and continuing service to members of the Armed Forces and their 

families. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2010 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, and Mr. MCHENRY) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the nonprofit organization Cell Phones for Soldiers for its resolute and continuing service to members 

of the Armed Forces and their families. 

Whereas the nonprofit organization Cell Phones for Soldiers 

was founded in Norwell, Massachusetts, in 2004 by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, who started with 

only $21 of their own money; 

Whereas Robbie and Brittany Bergquist started Cell Phones 

for Soldiers after hearing the story of a soldier named 

Brian Fletcher, who had accrued a $7,624 cell phone bill 

as a result of calling his family while he was deployed 

overseas in the Armed Forces; 


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Whereas more than 150,000 members of the Armed Forces 

are serving overseas away from their families and friends; 

Whereas Cell Phones for Soldiers has approximately 3,000 

volunteers nationwide helping to run collection drives for 

donated cell phones; 

Whereas AT&T Mobility has offered its 2,000 stores in 1,100 

cities as collection points for Cell Phones for Soldiers; 

Whereas former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly has 

signed on as a spokesperson for Cell Phones for Soldiers; 

Whereas ReCellular, Inc., pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for 

each donated phone; 

Whereas in 2008, ReCellular processed over 2,000,000 

phones for Cell Phones for Soldiers; 

Whereas the average phone can provide a 60 minute calling 

card for international use; 

Whereas Cell Phones for Soldiers has raised more than 

$2,000,000 and has provided more than 500,000 onehour calling cards, providing members of the Armed 

Forces over 30,000,000 minutes of precious time spent 

talking with loved ones; 

Whereas Cell Phones for Soldiers has provided 60,000,000 

minutes of free calling cards thanks to a national network of individual and corporate supporters donating 

phones and money; 

Whereas over the next few years, Cell Phones for Soldiers aspires to expand to include video service, allowing members of the Armed Forces to both hear and see their 

loved ones; and 

Whereas there are more than 130 million phones retired 

every year in the United States, and if just 2 percent of 


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these phones were donated, every member of the Armed 

Forces could receive a phone as an expression of gratitude from the American people: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends Brittany and Robbie Bergquist, 

3 their family, and the thousands of volunteers of Cell 

4 Phones for Soldiers who, phone-by-phone, dollar-by5 dollar, and minute-by-minute, help members of the 

6 Armed Forces keep in touch with their families; 

7 (2) pledges continuing support for members of 

8 the Armed Forces to maintain contact with their 

9 families and loved ones while serving in harm’s way; 

10 and 

11 (3) expresses its appreciation for Cell Phones 

12 for Soldiers and other nonprofit entities that work 

13 selflessly to provide an affordable means for the 

14 members of the Armed Forces to maintain contact 

15 with their families and loved ones while serving the 

16 United States overseas. 

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