MALVERN, PA – May 19, 2009 – Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), the real estate investment trust that owns and manages nearly 2.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties in Jacksonville, today announced that 86 cell phones were collected during its “Cell Phones for Soldiers” Earth Day Campaign during the week of April 20.“Our tenants and their employees came out in force to support Cell Phones for Soldiers, and their efforts will make a real difference in both the lives of armed forces personnel serving overseas, and to our planet,” said Mike Heise, (top right photo) vice president and city manager, Liberty Property Trust.
“Their contributions resulted in the donation of 5,160 minutes of ‘talk time’ to these servicemen and women, and kept toxic components such as arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, copper, and lead out of landfills.”
Liberty hosted the program in 17 cities nationwide, collecting 2,021 cell phones. These phones will be shipped to Cell Phones for Soldiers in the coming days.
Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teens Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. The registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.
Liberty hosted the program in 17 cities nationwide, collecting 2,021 cell phones. These phones will be shipped to Cell Phones for Soldiers in the coming days.
Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teens Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. The registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.
Contacts:
Margo Hunt Winans, a.s.a.p.r. public relations & marketing, 757/404-8653, margo@asapr.comhttp://www.asapr.com/
General Inquiries: Mike Heise, Liberty Property Trust, 904/296-1776
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