PostNet Kingwood will be hosting a Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive in Kingwood from June 20 through July 31, 2010. PostNet will be the official drop-off location for the used phones, so plan to swing by their location at 4321 Kingwood Drive in the HEB Shopping Center in Kingwood.

Cell Phones for Soldiers' goal is to turn in these old phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. In order to meet their goals, they must collect 50,000 phones nationwide each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.

Once collected, the phones are then routed to a company called ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers a per phone fee - for each individual phone, enough money is provided to purchase an hour of Soldier talk time!

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by two teenagers, Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, from Norwell, Mass., with just $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to Soldiers serving overseas. 

Plan to clean out your junk drawers and drop off any unused phones to your local Kingwood PostNet! To learn more about Cell Phones for Soldiers, visit their website at CellPhonesForSoldiers.com.