Cheltenham Township’s Text Notification System has been assigned a new phone number due to a recently updated federal regulation.

The number: 888-812-2773.

From the Township’s alert:

If you have Cheltenham Township saved in your phone for text alerts, please update the number. A text will be sent out shortly. This will not affect the current list registered for text alerts. New users wanting to opt-in to alerts should text the below category keywords (do not include quotation marks) to 888-812-2773 and save the number for future text communication.

– Emergency Alerts (weather, police activity, etc.), Text “alerts”
– Refuse, Recycling, and Leaf Collections Changes, Text “collections”
– Construction/Utility Alerts, Text “construction”
– Community Events & Other Reminders, Text “events”

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