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Monday, December 21, 2009

New GADGET DRIVE for Margy's Transplant Fund

Announcing: New Gadget Drive to help fund Margy's bone marrow transplant.

Recycle your old, used electronics for free and raise money for Margy's fund at the same time. Here's how it works.
  1. First, collect your old electronics like cell phones, mp3 players, calculators, laptops, etc. Next, go to: http://margytransplant.gazelle.com/ and plug in the your gadget's information.
  2. Send your gadgets to Gazelle for free (they email prepaid shipping for items of value)
  3. Gazelle donates the value of each item to Margy's Transplant fund. Easy!
It is estimated that 70% of the toxic heavy metals in our landfills comes from just 2% of our trash - discarded electronics. So don't throw away your old gadgets. Clean out your junk drawers, help the environment, and raise money for Margy's transplant at the same time.

For example, we are recycling Meredith's last phone ($6) and my ancient phone (no value). Gazelle emailed us a prepaid shipping label for Meredith's phone (not mine). So we're boxing them both up and sending them in using the same prepaid shipping label (I checked it out with them and it's okay). 6 bucks may not seem like much, but every dollar helps. And if we all spread the word, this gadget drive could really make a difference for Margy, not to mention reduce pollution. Please forward this information to all your friends and family, especially the "techies." And encourage them to do the same. Thank you.

If you have questions, see Gazelle's FAQ, or use Gazelle's online chat help. Feel free to email me too (knuthill@yahoo.com). Thank you for recycling your old gadgets to help raise money for Margy's bone marrow transplant!
Happy Holidays, Knut & Meredith