Sentence:  George Simon , exec director of Danny Thomas A. L. S. A. C. [ Aiding Leukemia Stricken American Children ] fund raising group , filled me in on the low-down phonies who are <WSD>using</WSD> phones to solicit funds for Danny 's St. Jude hospital in Memphis . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose