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RMS partners with Florida Sheriff To Raise Funds

The Florida Sheriff`s Department of Lee County will be receiving a great deal of help from one of the nation`s largest recyclers and re-marketers of old cell phones, RMS Communications Group, Inc. Together, the two forces hope to raise funds for the officers who are in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and helping those left to survive after Hurricane Katrina. Old cell phones will be collected by the Sheriff`s Office and then exchanged for money with RMS, in order to send the funds to the officers of these stricken areas.

Under the agreement between RMS and the departments Victims Advocate Unit, citizens will drop off used cell phones at various Lee County Sheriffs Department locations in Ft. Myers, North Ft. Myers, Lehigh Acres and Bonita Springs. RMS will pay cash for the phones, and the money will be sent to support police personnel who are working in areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama that were impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The money will be distributed through the National Sheriffs Associations Adopt-A-Cop Family Program.

`We are delighted to be a part of this effort,` said James Mosieur, chief executive officer of RMS Communications Group Inc. `We started the 911 Cell Phone Bank program more than a year ago, and it has already raised more than a quarter-million dollars for various law enforcement needs, and no need is greater than supporting the officers who have been working tirelessly in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.`

An RMS spokesman said the partnership would operate under RMS 911 Cell Phone Bank, a program started by RMS a year ago to provide both cash and 911 emergency phones to law enforcement and community service agencies, as well as to selected non-profit organizations. Citizens can drop their old phones at any Sheriffs Office location. Large quantities of cell phones can be turned over through Victims Advocate Brenda Gellinger.