HOPELINE
HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICITMS
RECYCLE - SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
HopeLine is a program exclusive to Verizon Wireless that --with the help of community partners, customer and individuals-- puts wireless services and equipment to work to assist victims of domestic violence.
Domestic violence touches all of us. One out of 3 American women report being abused at some point in their lifetime, and 21 percent of full-time, employed adults report they have been a victim. Wireless phones and technology can serve as a vital link to emergency or support services in a time of crisis or as a reliable, safe connection to employers, family and friends as survivors rebuild their lives.
The long-running HopeLine program collects no-longer-used wireless phones and equipment in any condition from any service provider. The used phones are either refurbished or recycled. With the funds raised from the sale of the refurbished phones, Verizon Wireless donates wireless phones and airtime to victims, and provides funding and other contributions to non-profit domestic violence shelters and prevention programs across the country. Here in Georgia, through 2009 into the first half of 2010, the program supported a multitude of prevention and awareness programs, including Child Enrichment (Augusta), Columbus Alliance for Battered Women (Columbus), Effingham County Victims/Witness Program (Rincon), F.A.I.T.H.(Clayton), PADV (Atlanta), Promise Place (Fayetteville), Refuge Domestic Violence Shelter (Vidalia), Ruth’s Cottage (Tifton), Securus House (Morrow), Serenity House (Moultrie), The Haven (Valdosta).
Verizon Wireless also concentrates on protecting the environment by collecting spent rechargeable batteries for recycling. The Verizon Wireless Cell Phone Battery Recycling program is an easy way for customers to join with Verizon Wireless to help conserve the earth's natural resources and prevent spent batteries from entering community landfills.
Through HopeLine's recycling efforts, more than 200 tons of electronics waste and batteries have been kept out of landfills. Since October of 2001 when Verizon Wireless launched its national recycling program:
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1.6 million phones have been properly disposed of in an environmentally sound way through the HopeLine program.
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More than 170,000 pounds of batteries were recycled through the HopeLine and Call2Recycle™ programs.
Brenda Maysonet Becker for Verizon Wireless GA / HopeLine
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