HONOLULU (KHNL) -- Eight hundred hours of talk time. That's what one Army unit in Iraq will get thanks to a group of Hawaii second graders.
Carson Risdon's Dad is in Iraq, and everytime the phone rings he hopes it will be his father on the other end.
"I just like my dad calling, it's really fun I don't get to talk to him much because theres a web cam thing that won't work," Risdon said. [...]
During February and March, his second grade class at Holy Family Catholic Academy collected 60 cell phones for the non-profit group, Cell Phones for Soldiers. Its founders Massachusetts teens Robbie and Brittany Berquist started the group and they're in Hawaii now on vacation. It takes old cell phones, recycles them for cash, and buys calling cards. [...]
Hawaii Second Graders Donated Cell Phones For Soldiers
By Tracy Gladden, KHNL News
HONOLULU (KHNL) -- Eight hundred hours of talk time. That's what one Army unit in Iraq will get thanks to a group of Hawaii second graders.
Carson Risdon's Dad is in Iraq, and everytime the phone rings he hopes it will be his father on the other end.
"I just like my dad calling, it's really fun I don't get to talk to him much because theres a web cam thing that won't work," Risdon said. [...]
During February and March, his second grade class at Holy Family Catholic Academy collected 60 cell phones for the non-profit group, Cell Phones for Soldiers. Its founders Massachusetts teens Robbie and Brittany Berquist started the group and they're in Hawaii now on vacation. It takes old cell phones, recycles them for cash, and buys calling cards. [...]
