Text4baby would not be possible without the support of founding partner The Wireless Foundation.  The Foundation facilitates coordination with all of the participating mobile carriers, and has been instrumental to the text4baby program since its inception.

The Wireless Foundation's Executive Director, Kim Bassett, at a text4baby event in Philadelphia, Pa in May 2010

About The Wireless Foundation

The Wireless Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1991 by the membership of CTIA–The Wireless Association®.  The Wireless Foundation emphasizes wireless technology’s ability to enhance American communities through innovative programs. Our mission includes demonstrating new uses for wireless technology that improve people’s lives and recognizing ways that individuals and organizations have used wireless to benefit their communities.

Learn more about The Wireless Foundation by visiting http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/

Check out some of the other great work The Wireless Foundation is doing for communities across the country:

• Wireless AMBER Alerts™ is a partnership of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the U.S. Department of Justice that delivers AMBER Alerts to cell phones.  Over 30 wireless carriers serving over 96% of all wireless subscribers provide this free public service to customers who may opt in to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts via text by visiting www.wirelessamberalerts.org.

• Since 1999 the Foundation’s CALL to PROTECT® program has raised over $3.5 million in funding for domestic violence organizations by collecting and recycling unwanted wireless devices otherwise destined for landfill. Moving forward, 100% of the program’s net proceeds will be distributed to organizations that promote the value of wireless technology via mHealth initiatives, environmental programs, education and other community services.

• Be Smart. Be Fair. Be Safe: Responsible Wireless Use offers information for parents and educators to help keep children safe in a mobile environment. The campaign was started to equip parents and teachers with tools to teach kids about responsible mobile device use. It also focuses on teaching teens about being responsible drivers and passengers and on responsible environmental programs such as end-of-life and recycling.

• The Amy Fund is a scholarship funded by The Wireless Foundation and the Combined Federal Campaign in memory of Amy J. Zoslov, awarded annually to a Case Western Reserve University law student. Amy was the chief of the Auctions and Industry Analysis division of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau from 1998 until her death from breast cancer in August 2000 at the age of 42.