Verizon Wireless is joining forces with the Seattle University Redhawks to help curb domestic violence with the company’s HopeLine national phone recycling program that has collected over 10 million phones nationally since 2001.
Fans attending the game against Pacific Lutheran on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. are encouraged to donate used wireless phones and accessories (from any carrier) to benefit survivors of domestic violence through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine® program. Drop boxes will be located around KeyArena by 1 p.m. when gates open.
"The Seattle University Athletics Department is pleased to partner with Verizon Wireless on this important cause. The HopeLine program continues to be a source of great support for victims of domestic violence,” said Seattle U athletic director Bill Hogan. "We ask our fans to help support this worthy cause.”
Nationally, only about 10% of wireless phones are recycled each year. Through the HopeLine program, tons of electronic waste and batteries are kept from entering landfills—and used wireless phones, batteries and accessories from any service provider are then recycled, refurbished and sold. Verizon Wireless uses the proceeds to award grants and free wireless phones with airtime to shelters, non-profit human services and law enforcement agencies to aid survivors of domestic violence.
Since 2006, Washingtonians have donated 35,000 used phones per year to the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program. In 2012, the used equipment collections resulted in $400,000 in HopeLine grants, free wireless phones and airtime contributions benefitting 23 Washington shelters and domestic violence education programs.
Since HopeLine’s national phone recycling and re-use program was launched nationwide in 2001, Verizon Wireless:
· Has collected more than 10 million phones
· Awarded almost $18 million in cash grants to domestic violence agencies and organizations in the U.S.
· Distributed more than 151,000 phones with more than 450 million minutes of free airtime and other features valued at more than $45 million to be used by victims of domestic violence
· Properly disposed of more than 2 million no-longer-used wireless phones in an environmentally sound way
· Kept more than 300 tons of electronic waste and batteries out of landfills
Wireless phones and equipment can be donated to the HopeLine program year-round at any Verizon Wireless Communications Store across the country.
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