Michigan's Berrien Families Plus, Inc. Benefits From Verizon Wireless' HopeLine Program

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BENTON HARBOR, MI — Verizon Wireless, through its HopeLine® program, puts the nation’s most reliable wireless network to work by turning no-longer-used wireless phones into support for survivors of domestic violence. This year, the company donated $5,215 to Berrien Families Plus, Inc. to build a children’s indoor play area at the Mercy Center in Benton Harbor where domestic violence survivors and their children receive shelter and other services.

Since 2001, HopeLine’s national phone recycling and reuse program has collected more than 5.3 million wireless phones and awarded more than $5.6 million in cash grants to domestic violence agencies and organizations throughout the country. By the end of this year, the company will have donated more than 80,000 wireless phones with 240 million minutes of airtime to survivors and domestic violence organizations across the nation. Over the past four years, Michiganders have turned in 150,000 phones to Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine program.

HopeLine wireless phone donations are accepted at all Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the nation. Verizon Wireless encourages everyone who plans to give a phone to HopeLine to make sure service on that device is discontinued and to erase any personal data on the phone. Phones given to the HopeLine program are refurbished and resold for reuse, or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.

For more information on Verizon Wireless’ HopeLine program, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 70.8 million customers. Headquartered in Basking 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, go to 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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