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Verizon Wireless, Packers Collecting Phones for Domestic Abuse Victims

As a sponsor of the Green Bay Packers, Verizon Wireless is kicking off the season with a HopeLine phone collection drive at the Wauwatosa Verizon Wireless store, 2711 N. Mayfair Road. Former Green Bay Packers player, LeRoy Butler, will be on hand on Monday, Aug. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. to help collect no-longer-used wireless phones and accessories, and anyone who donates a phone will have the opportunity to meet LeRoy and receive an autograph. For each phone collected, Verizon will donate $10 to UMOS Latina Resource Center, a local domestic violence organization. The phone collection drive runs through Wed., Aug. 31.

 

Verizon Wireless has long been committed to supporting the prevention of domestic violence, providing support for the organizations in local communities that provide a vital service for victims of domestic violence.

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What: Community phone drive with appearance by former Packers player, LeRoy Butler

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When: Monday, Aug. 29; 5 to 7 p.m.

Where: Verizon Wireless Communications Store

  2711 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa

 

VISUAL OPPORTUNITIES

  • Former Green Bay Packers player LeRoy Butler, helping collect phones, signing autographs for members of the community
  • Members of the community donating no-longer-used wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence

 

 

 

 

Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine Program

Verizon Wireless puts the nation’s most reliable wireless network to work in the community through its award-winning HopeLine program. Through this program, Verizon collects no-longer-used wireless phones, batteries and accessories in any condition from any wireless service provider. These phones are then refurbished and sold, with the proceeds going to support local domestic violence shelters and programs. The program also provides domestic violence agencies with wireless phones and airtime for use by domestic violence victims to use as a lifeline. Phones that cannot be refurbished are recycled in an environmentally sound way under a zero-landfill policy. 

Since 2001, HopeLine has collected more than 8 million phones; awarded more than $10 million in cash grants to prevention and awareness programs nationwide; and donated more than 106,000 HopeLine phones with 319 million minutes of airtime to victims, survivors and domestic violence organizations. Last year in Wisconsin alone, more than 13,000 phones were donated to the program, totaling more than 1.4 million minutes of service and more than $75,000 in cash grants to help survivors of domestic violence across the state.

For more information on HopeLine from Verizon and to learn how to donate a wireless phone, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

 

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About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s fastest, most advanced 4G network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 106.3 million total wireless connections, including 89.7 million retail customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD).  For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

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