What to do with a cell phone and unused minutes?

[Randypiper]

Just got my first smart phone and my old tracfone has six and a half hours of minutes that will expire in 40 days.
Does anyone know if anything can be done with the phone before it expires?

[HopeHoops]

1. Find a shelter for women and children like The Shalom House.

http://shalomhouse.net/

They can always use phones.

[Exultant Democracy]

2. Go to your local womens shelter they always need phones like that.

[frazzled]

3. Well, there's Cell Phones for Soldiers

They don't use your minutes, but the cell phones are sold to a recycling company and the proceeds are used to buy calling cards for soldiers. I have no direct experience with it, but my alderman (a Democrat) collects the phones at his office for this group. Find a drop off location here:

http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/locateDropoff.asp

Isn't it a little dicey to give away a phone with minutes without canceling the number or account? Someone could run up a very large tab on that.

[Rabblevox]

4. I also vote for a Women's or homeless shelter, we used to love getting them for donations...

ESPECIALLY near the holiday season so a few folks could call loved ones.

[Randypiper]

5. That's a good idea.

For 10 bucks I can add another hour and extend the phone into January before I donate it.