GIVE A PHONE/SAVE A LIFE  

You can help save the life of a victim of domestic violence

by simply donating your old cell phone.

Give a Phone/Save a Life. Victims of domestic violence are quite often cut off from the community and trapped in situations where their home phones have been cut off and they have no means of calling for help when their life is being threatened by an abuser. The Victim Advocates for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has a program where donated cell phones, programmed to work free when 911 is dialed, are provided to victims of domestic violence so that they can always have a life line to emergency help. DOLPHINS, working with local Monroe County businesses and organizations in the Upper Keys, is sponsoring a drive to collect donated cell phones. Donated cell phones are provided to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for use by victims in Monroe County. Excess donated phones beyond the current needs of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office are purchased by Shelter Alliance for use in domestic violence programs in other areas. All monies received by DOPHINS for the purchase of the surplus phones that are donated in Monroe County are programmed exclusively for domestic violence programs in Monroe County

DOLPHINS to Stop Domestic Violence, Inc., working with local Monroe County businesses and organizations in the Upper Keys is sponsoring a drive to collect donated cell phones. Any extra cell phones, any model or style with or without the chargers and accessories can work.  Donated cell phones will then be provided to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for use by victims in Monroe County.  If there is an excess of donated phones beyond the present needs of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the surplus phones will be purchased by Shelter Alliance for use in domestic violence programs in other areas.  All monies received by DOPHINS for the purchase of surplus phones donated in Monroe County will be used exclusively for domestic violence programs in the Upper Keys.

Purple (the color of the bruises that characterizes victims of domestic violence) bins for the collection of cell phones will be located at the following drop off points: Publix Supermarket, located in the Tradewinds Plaza; The Book Nook, located in Waldorf Plaza oceanside at MM 99.5, Key Largo; Keys Accounting and Tax Service, located oceanside at MM 99.5, Key Largo; The Reporter, located at MM 91.6, Tavernier; Coral Isle Community Church, located at oceanside MM 90, Tavernier, next to Coral Island High School.. 

DOPLHINS to Stop Domestic Violence, Inc. is a non-profit organization started in the Upper Keys designed to train community secular and religious leaders in the need for treating domestic violence as a community systemic problem. DOLPHINS is developing networks to foster a community spirit that will encourage everyone to break the silence and help people realize it is ok to talk about domestic violence. DOLPHINS provides simple ways, such as donating a used cell phone, where the average neighbor can reach out to the community of victims and say “we care” and want to help you. This is also exemplified by the following Upper Keys neighbors that have already donated materials and labor toward the construction of the Purple donation bins; Island Art and Furniture Works, Key Largo; KLI Home Center, Key Largo; Rock Harbor Paint and Wallpaper, Key Largo; Rod Cook, private carpenter and furniture craftsman, Key Largo.