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The 83,000 employees of Verizon Wireless are committed to improving the communities where we work and live.  Together with the generosity of our customers and even our competitors’ customers who donate their old cell phones to HopeLine^®, our cell phone recycling and reuse program, we're able to make a difference in the lives of those affected by domestic violence.

For the third consecutive year HopeLine received more than 1 million old cell phones. Since 2001, Verizon Wireless' HopeLine program has collected more than 6.7 million old phones, placed more than 90,000 refurbished phones with nearly 300 million minutes of free wireless service in the hands of domestic violence survivors, and awarded more than $7.9 million in cash grants to domestic violence advocacy groups throughout the country. 

As HopeLine enters its 15^th year, Verizon Wireless looks forward to continuing its efforts to increase awareness of domestic violence and to putting our technology to work in the community. 

You too can help.  It’s as simple as dropping your no-longer-used phone in a HopeLine bin at any Verizon Wireless Communications Store, or mailing your old phone using the postage-paid label at this link: www.verizonwireless.com/hopelinemalinglabel.  Your cell phone donations throughout the year will enable us to better assist survivors and the organizations that work hard every day to prevent domestic violence.