Here’s a FREE, easy, and responsible way to finally clean out your unwanted electronics.

Bring those old televisions, computer, monitors, laptops, MP3 players, cords, or anything else that plugs into the wall to Hollywood Storage Center for The Big E-Vent, Saturday, November 13 from 9 am to 4 pm. Proceeds benefit the Talbert Family Foundation for the Andreas Knickman Fund. Andreas is a local teenager fighting bone and lung cancer.

All items will be recycled responsibly by All Green Electronics Recycling in accordance with their strict ZERO landfill policy, and nothing will be sent overseas for processing. All Green has been designated as an e-Steward by the non-profit environmental watchdog Basil Action Network. This award is given to North American electronics recyclers who have been qualified as upholding the highest standards of environmental and social responsibility.

THE BIG E-VENT

Date:  Saturday, November 13

Time:  9 am to 4 pm

Bring:  Unwanted electronics and your California ID

Your car/truck will be unloaded for you!

Get:  Entered into a drawing for a Flat Screen TV!

For more e-recycling information, visit www.allgreenrecycling.com.

Riders are needed for the 2nd annual Mike Nosco Memorial Bicycle Ride to benefit Andreas Knickman. The 81-mile ride through the Santa Monica Mountains and Coastline takes place Wednesday, Nov 3, 2010. Your $100 donation includes a t-shirt, support along the course, and refreshments at the end of the day. All donations will go to the family of Newbury Park High School student Andreas Knickman, age 14, who is in Children’s Hospital as he continues to battle with cancer.

To RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=124335444281843&ref=search

Hollywood Storage Center is proud to announce its partnership with All Green Electronics Recycling of Orange County. Starting today, local residents may drop off any obsolete, unwanted electronics at Hollywood Storage seven days a week from 8:30 am to 6 pm.

All Green is a designated e-steward through the Basel Action Network (BAN) which means none of the electronic equipment or its hazardous materials end up in landfills. All Green never ships unprocessed material outside of North America, and they do not send e-waste to developing nations for dumping.

As an official e-Recycle Permanent Drop Off Location, Hollywood Storage can accept all electronics, cables and wires. For recycling questions, contact All Green directly at (800) 780-0347 or visit www.allgreenrecycling.com.

Purchasing expensive party dresses for high school events is a luxury for many families, so here is a great way to help!

If you have any age-appropriate formal or cocktail dresses just hanging in your closet, you can donate them to Newbury Park High School for its Homecoming/Prom/Pary Dress Collection and Exchange for all current NPHS students. Shoes to coordinate with the dresses, nice costume jewlery, and small purses/clutches/evening handbags will also be accepted. The dresses and accessories will be available to NPHS students for all upcoming high school dances and Prom.

Please drop off donations this Thursday, September 16th and Friday, September 17th from 8:30 am – 10:30 am right outside the Main Office at Newbury Park High School. Special pick up arrangements can also be made by calling Kelly Mason at (805) 501-3327 or themasons4@att.net or Chris Okun at (805) 480-3617 or chrisokun@yahoo.com.

Hollywood Storage Center is proud to sponsor the 24th annual Newbury Park Rotary Oktoberfest, Sept. 24-25 at the Commemorative Air Force Museum (Camarillo Airport, 455 Aviation Drive, Camarillo.

Highlights of the Bavarian Harvest Celebration include German music and dancers, a beer-tasting pavilion with California and German brews, wine tasting, Bavarian contests and classic German cars. Festival goers will also enjoy aircraft flybys, touchdowns and takeoffs throughout the weekend, have photos taken inside aircraft cockpits, spend time viewing World War II memorabilia and airplanes and even sign up for spins in some of the museum’s restored SNJ-5 Texan and PT-19A aircraft. Since its inception, the Rotary Club of Newbury Park’s Oktoberfest has raised more than $430,000 for local charities. Oktoberfest hours are 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., both days. Admission is $10 for adults; kids under 12 are free. Admission is free for active duty military with I.D. Tickets can be purchased online at a discount.
Go to www.okto-beerfest.com.

Beginning this month, bring your used cell phones to Hollywood Storage Center. They will be donated to Cell Phones for Soldiers, a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization that recycles the phones and uses the money to buy prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. The calling cards help our soldiers stay connected with their families.

Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Berqquist from Norwell, Mass. They were inspired to help soldiers phone home when they discovered it costs $7 to $8 per minute to call the U.S. from Iraq. Unused cell phone donations will be accepted seven days a week from 8:30 am to 6 pm, and donation receipts are available. Cell Phones for Soldiers supports all branches of the military.

For more information,
visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com.