Unclutter closets or junk drawers and help a great cause. The Ohio Lincoln Highway Byway organization has found a \u201cgreen\u201d way to not only save the planet, but to bring a little more \u201cgreen\u201d into their coffers.<\/p>\n
By bringing old cell phones and accessories to the designated drop-off point, those otherwise useless cell phones will be a gift to a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to promote economic development through showcasing the history of America\u2019s first coast-to-coast road.<\/p>\n
This non-profit group not only promotes the history of the road through Ohio, but also organizes the BUY-WAY Yard Sale that will happen for its eighth year this August 9-11.<\/p>\n
Working cell phones will be re-programmed for needy shelters and other organizations, while old non-working phones and batteries, transformers, car chargers, etc., will also be cashed in to help defray operating costs to the byway.<\/p>\n
Area residents may drop off old cell phones and accessories at the Van Wert Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, 136 E. Main St., between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.\u00a0 More information about the BUY-WAY is available at www.historicby-way.com<\/a> or calling 419.238.9378.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unclutter closets or junk drawers and help a great cause. The Ohio Lincoln Highway Byway organization has found a \u201cgreen\u201d way to not only save the planet, but to bring a little more \u201cgreen\u201d into their coffers. By bringing old cell phones and accessories to the designated drop-off point, those otherwise useless cell phones will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 19:36:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}