Verizon Wireless Launches Eighth Annual 'Kids In Need Holiday Drive'

From November 15th through December 15th, Verizon Wireless Communications Stores throughout the region will collect donations for the Kids In Need Holiday Drive. Items collected will be donated to local domestic violence shelters. Verizon Wireless has organized this outreach as a part of the company's continued support of survivors of domestic violence and their families.

"When children flee a home due to domestic abuse, they often do so with only the clothes on their back, leaving a favorite toy or book behind," said Ken Dixon, president of the New England Region for Verizon Wireless. "We remain committed to helping survivors of domestic violence and their families. This is one more way we can help, specifically aiding the youngest victims, during the holidays."

Media partners for the drive are FOX25 and WROR-FM inMassachusetts, and WTNH, News Channel 8 inConnecticut. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) South Station (200 Summer Street inBoston) will also serve as an additional collection point for donations.

The Kids In Need Holiday Drive is one component of the Verizon Wireless HopeLine(R) program, created to put wireless products and services to work to prevent domestic violence and raise awareness of the issue. Today, the multi-faceted program includes a wireless phone recycling program (accepting no-longer-used wireless phones -- any make or model, from any wireless carrier), financial support for regional and national non-profit domestic violence organizations, community and corporate awareness programs, and partnerships with agencies, professional sports teams, educational institutions and corporations nationwide. No-longer-used phones can be donated to HopeLine at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores year-round.

Since 2001, more than 5.3 million phones have been donated to HopeLine. As a result, Verizon Wireless has distributed approximately $5.6 million in cash grants, and more than 60,000 phones, with more than 180 million minutes of free wireless service, to domestic violence prevention agencies and organizations throughout the country for use by victims of domestic violence. Nearly one million no-longer-used wireless phones have been recycled in an environmentally friendly way, keeping more than 200 tons of electronic waste and batteries out of landfills.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 70.8 million customers. Headquartered inBasking Ridge, N.J., with 71,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit http://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 http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

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