Comparison Of Cell Phones For Soldiers And Food That Fuels

Have you ever thought that teenagers were just rude and lazy? There are some teenagers that like to try to help other people. The teenagers you will hear about in this story are amazing people that help their communities. They go out of their way to help people. Cell phones for Soldiers and Food That Fuels differs by what they do to help others but both help with saving money.

For instance, Cell Phones for Soldiers was started by the Bergquist siblings to make it so soldiers who stationed overseas could contact their families. On the other hand, Food That Fuels was started by Cassandra Lin and her friends, helps their community by creating a cheaper fuel so they could heat their homes. Cassandra and her friends created biodiesel; which is

fuel made from cooking oil. A container was set up so residents could place their used cooking oil, which was then sent to a refiner where it was then made into biodiesel. However, the Bergquists’ collected used phones to send to soldiers overseas after realizing the high phone bill racked up by a deployed soldier overseas. “We were taken aback and wanted to make sure he didn’t have to pay that cell phone bill!” recalls Robbie Bergquist. The old cell phones were recycled and the money received were used to purchase calling cards.

Comparatively, both programs aimed to help reduce cost for those they helped. Cell Phones for Soldiers, helped deployed solidiers overseas with their phone bills, while Food That Fuels aimed to help reduce heating bills. Even though they helped different people they both heroically helped reduce costs. Soldiers were able to stay in contact with their families, thereby strengthening family bonds. And Lins’ community came up with a cheaper way to heat their homes and transport kids to school.