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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Shelter Alliance is a national organization that
3 offers domestic violence shelters and social service
4 organizations cash for collecting old cell phones, creating an
5 easy and essential fundraising tool for domestic violence
6 programs; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Organizations involved in domestic violence
8 prevention and safety programs collect used cell phones and
9 deliver them to Shelter Alliance, which pays between $0.50 and
10 $30 per cell phone; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Shelter Alliance has contributed over $2,500,000
12 to social service organizations nationwide; and
 
13     WHEREAS, There are nearly 300,000,000 cell phone users in
14 the United States and it is predicted that wireless users
15 switch phones every 18 months on average; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has announced its intention
17 to recycle electronic waste, including cell phones discarded by
18 the government; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 urge the State to recycle cell phones through a program that
2 will benefit and raise funds for domestic violence prevention
3 and victims; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to Governor Blagojevich and the Director of Central
6 Management Services.