(PRWEB) May 8, 2005 -- The
Leon County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office
has awarded Greg Mooneyham of RMS Communications
Group Inc. its Community Service Award for
providing free emergency phones and cash to
be used for local victims of crime.
Kathy Connolly, a victims’
advocate with the department, said RMS had
donated scores of free cell phones and about
$400 in cash over the past year to the Big
Bend Victim Assistance Coalition, a Tallahassee-based
organization that provides assistance of all
kinds to people who have been victimized by
crime. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office
is a member of the coalition.
“I nominated RMS for
the award because they offered us the opportunity
to get the cell phones we need for crime victims,
and we don’t have to keep track of the
phones or keep turning them around –
RMS simply sends us the phones that we need,”
Connolly said. “When you have large
numbers of victims coming in and out of the
program, it’s hard to keep track of
phones or know how many we need at a given
time. RMS simply keeps giving us the phones
that we need.”
There is another benefit,
Connolly said. RMS actually pays the coalition
for used cell phones that it collects from
the community and sends in. Over the past
year, she said, RMS has paid the coalition
more than $400 for used cell phones that it
has collected from members of the local community.
“We in law enforcement
are pretty skeptical folks, so it took RMS
a while to convince us that they would keep
us in free cell phones, actually send us cash
for the phones we collect from members of
the community, and that there was no catch,”
Connolly said. “It’s like going
to the grocery store and being paid to take
home your groceries.”
“This program is a win
for everyone,” said Mooneyham, who is
RMS’ 911 program manager. “Not
only are agencies provided with revenue, but
phones. Phones that cannot be reused are responsibly
recycled, and kept out of the landfills.”
Based in Ocala, RMS Communications
Group Inc. operates a number of web sites.
It pays cash for used cell phones to people
who visit www.CellForCash.com;
it pays non-profit groups for cell phones
they collect through www.WirelessFundraiser.com,
and it offers cell phone recycling opportunities
through www.RecycleForCalifornia.com,
www.RecycleForUS.com,
and other web sites.
