Disclosure: I am a member of the Verizon Wireless#VZWLife team and received a device as part of this program. I am a (long time) Verizon customer and all opinions are my own.
Did you know that nearly one in four women, one in seven men and more than 3 million children in the United States affected by domestic violence? Domestic Violence doesn't discriminate. It affects young, old, rich, poor, white, black. At one point in our lives, most of us have either been directly affected (victim) or know someone who has. Whether it be mental, verbal or physical, it's still abuse. One of the first things an abuser takes is the victims cell phone. That is his/her best weapon. Without a phone, the victim can't keep in contact with family and friends. Once they lose communication with the outside world they lose hope. Verizon Wireless came up with HopeLine in 2001. They are committed to helping those affected by domestic violence through this program.
How It Works:
You simply donate your old, unused phone from any carrier, at a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, through a HopeLine phone drive or through the mail, with a postage-paid label.
The HopeLine Program:
Collects and securely scrubs the donated phones
• Refurbishes and sells reusable phones
• Responsibly recycles unusable phones
• Donates proceeds to domestic violence
organizations
Refurbished phones get equipped with 3,000 anytime minutes and text messaging and are distributed to domestic violence organizations nationwide.
Domestic Violence Survivors
Receive refurbished HopeLine phones
Get free calls and texting on the Verizon
Wireless network
Benefit from HopeLine phone donations and
cash grants to local HopeLine-affiliated domestic
violence agencies
So if you have any old and unused phones laying around, please donate them to HopeLine! It's a very important way you can help!
Disclosure: I am a member of the Verizon Wireless#VZWLife team and received a device as part of this program. I am a (long time) Verizon customer and all opinions are my own.
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