Cricket is helping to connect loved ones by offering free phone calls to home for the holidays at various community organizations throughout the Chicago area during the '12 Days of Cricket' program, December 11 through the 22.
Another holiday perk from Cricket is that they have reduced the price on popular smartphones. The Android Sanyo Zio price has been reduced from $249 to $129, the Samsung Message Touch was
$159 and now is $79. The Huawei Ascend, Cricket's newest Android
smartphone, has been reduced by $20 to $129. When you buy any smartphone,
you can get up to four free phones.
Each day, Cricket will provide activated wireless handsets, laptops
with wireless Internet, and holiday refreshments to different
organizations across the market.v Community residents are encouraged to
stop in and place a phone call to any friend or family member they wish
to reconnect with during this holiday season. The events are open to the
public and no purchase is necessary.
Cricket does many promotions in Chicago. In March 2009, they had the world's largest cell phone for free calls.
"Cricket believes that everyone deserves a bit of holiday cheer
during this season," said Al King, Area Vice President for Cricket
Midwest. "Offering free phone calls to loved ones allows us to help
connect families at a time when you think about them the most and wish
you were there in person."
As another way to give back to the community, Cricket team members
will be on hand to volunteer with the organizations by helping with food
drives, serving dinner in soup kitchens, and other community-oriented
activities.
"We are delighted to host this event in partnership with Cricket
Communications. The NLEI community of stakeholders, including students,
job seeking clients and business partners, are excited and grateful for
the opportunity to participate in this innovative initiative," said
Elba Aranda-Suh, Executive Director of the National Latino Education
Institute.
Dates and locations are available at the Cricket website under the Community tab.