Old cell phones being collected

After the National Sheriff’s Association initiated a safety program in 1988 for the country’s senior citizens known as TRIAD, Douglas County was one of the first to establish a program.
The sole source of funding for Douglas County TRIAD is grants and donations made by charitable organizations and private persons. That is drying up. Additional funding became available through the nonprofit organization Cell Phone Bank.
Cell Phone Bank recycles old cell phones and batteries, and returns the profits to senior citizen programs such as TRIAD. With money from this program, Cell Phone Bank issues new cell phones to local area TRIADs for seniors
Douglas County’s Lake Tahoe sheriff’s office is collecting old cell phones. For more information, call Deputy Teresa Duffy at (775) 783-6441.