On Saturday, April 24th, The 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, the Kent CountyJAYCEES and their W. Warwick Chapter along with The  Friends of the Greenway &Arctic Village Association are sponsoring a communitywide clean up.  All volunteers and participants are asked to meet in the rear of the Centreville Bank Parking Lot  (between 8:30Am - 2:Pm) onMain Street in W. Warwick, where a Recycling Bin will be placed to capture all recycled cell phones.  Raise money collecting retired cell phones on Earth Day with JAYCEES & Friends! It's estimated 100 Million cell phones are thrown out annually in the United States landing in our landfills or shipped overseas creating TOXIC Wastelands. Cell phones and batteries are some of the largest contributors of toxic substances to our landfills.   All volunteers and participants are asked to meet in the rear of the Centreville BankParking Lot  (between 8:30Am - 2:Pm) onMain Street in W. Warwick, where aRecycling Bin will be placed to capture all recycled cell phones.  Then, on Thursday, April 22, the JAYCEES & Students will celebrate ARBOR Day from 9:Am - 2:Pm. The JAYCEES also encourage the public to join them on Saturday, May 1stfrom 10:Am - 3:Pm for their 13th annual  ECOLOGY DAYS Festival. All events will take place at the award-winning JAYCEE Corridor & Arboretum. Contact the JAYCEESfor their season long schedule! At the clean up, the JAYCEES and their Associates will be asking that you bring your old retired, unused, cell phones to be RECYCLED. We will have cell phone recycling bins at the event along with Eco-Star, Cell Phone Beast walking around collecting phones. TheJAYCEES will continue with Bin collection on ECOLOGY DAY, May 1st and make other e-recycling bins available for schools, churches, stores & offices.   Collecting and recycling cell phones is not only good for the environment but with the collection of every cell phone we will be raising money for charity.  The JAYCEE Education & Library Foundation & Charitable Trust, was established in 1990 to enhance the educational, charitable, leadership development and community action programs of The Rhode Island JAYCEES and their charities through the time-driven tenets of United States Junior Chamber. The objectives of the JAYCEE Education & Library Foundation provides funding for various programs of the local junior chamber in the areas of program promotions/public relations,charitable/medical causes, educational measures and library services along with the main purpose to cooperatively assist as a purveyor of quality community development.(www.kentcountyjaycees.org) So check you closet, your purse, briefcase, under your bed, wherever those old unused cell phones might be, and help us raise money for The JAYCEE Charitable Foundation on the birthday of EARTH DAY!. Reduce My Eco Footprint is a Green Services company that provides a variety of services; Energy Surveys, Green Fundraising, E Waste Events, and Green Delivery Services. “Reduce My Eco Footprint’s programs and service will save you money and help the environment”.        For More Information - Contact:  The JAYCEES of Central Rhode Island                                   Post Office Box 348  W.   Warwick , RI 02893                                     Our telephone number is (401) 828-9191                            (e-mail) wwjayceeskc@aol.com  *  www.kentcountyjaycees.org   To Learn More About Cell Phone Recycling and Eco-Stars Go to Reduce My Eco Footprint web site, www.reducemyecofootprint.com.