iPad Appeal: Donate Your Old iPad to a Good Cause

Feeling guilty about wanting a New iPad?

Let us make it easier for you. You can make a difference in the life of a child by donating your old iPad to us. We'll even send you a postage-paid box and give you a tax-deductible receipt to help offset the cost.

We are the Bridgeport, CT Lighthouse Program, an afterschool and summer educational and recreational program serving approximately 2800 pre-K thru 8th grade students in 26 schools. Bridgeport is the most impoverished city in the state of CT. Like all kids today, ours want and need technology to learn and grow, but the overwhelming majority cannot afford their own -- and with all the cuts in federal and state grants, the program truly cannot afford enough iPads to make a difference.

Just follow the five easy steps below.

Five Steps to Guiltless iPad Ownership

1. Accept that you want a New iPad

It's okay, we all do. It's pretty awesome and even though the new features aren't really that different than the old ones, it's just how life works … Apple makes stuff and we buy it.

2. Request a donation box

We want to make it as easy as possible, so we'll send you a box all ready to go. You just need to give us your address.

3. Clear the Apps off Your Old iPad

We know you've got that great Words with Friends game going … but don't worry, you'll be able to pick up where you left off. Clearing will help us get it up and running faster.

4. Open the Postage Paid Box we Sent You

Insert your old iPad, seal up the box and drop it off at any FedEx, or have them pick it up. It’s really that easy, we promise.

5. Go buy yourself a New iPad … Guiltlessly

You can tell your friends you had to do it; it was an entirely selfless act of generosity to help children in Bridgeport. (Optional step 6, let them know how they can guiltlessly buy a new iPad too.)

2800 Students say Go for It! PLEASE

It’s really that simple and your generosity will go a long way toward helping our children succeed in school.

So please, help us help you justify the purchase of a new IPAD by donating your old one today!

We take care of the postage, you get a tax break, and that new iPad you really want.

So please, help us help you get a new iPad.

Thank You!

Tammy Papa

Director

If you’d like further information, or would like to coordinate an iPad drive where you work, call Gloria at 203.576.7252