UAW Local 1268 Veteran's

UAW Local 1268 Veteran's Committee would like to honor and recognize our members that are Veteran's of our country's military. If you have served in the military please stop at the UAW hall and fill out the provided forms. Your name will be placed on a plaque along with fellow Veteran's that are also members of UAW Local 1268. Completed forms can be dropped off at the hall.

THANK YOU for your service to your country and your Union.

To a military family, a phone call home is priceless. The Armed Forces Services Exchange operates telephone call centers in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and other countries and aboard ships – anywhere service members are deployed. All of these locations stay busy around the clock to keep up communication between deployed troops and their loved ones. But these phone calls are expensive. A phone call from overseas can cost $7 to $8 per minute.

Cell Phones for Soldiers

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Their goal is to help our soldiers serving overseas call home by providing prepaid phone cards. Since 2004, their non-profit charity has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas. Cell Phones for Soldiers addresses an everyday emotional need that everyone has experienced: the imperative to phone home, to hear a familiar voice while far away.

Please help our troops by donating your used cell phones today.

The UAW Hall is a Drop Off Point for Cell Phones For Soldiers.

1100 West Chrysler Drive, Belvidere IL. 61008

UAW Local 1268 Veterans Committee