Verizon Wireless, OSU Beavers Team Up To Provide Hopeline® For Survivors Of Domestic Violence In Oregon

Fans Encouraged to Donate Used Phones at Reser Stadium this Saturday.

PORTLAND, OR — Verizon Wireless is teaming up with the Oregon State Beavers for the fourth consecutive year to help curb domestic violence.

Fans attending the game against the Washington Huskies on Saturday, November 14, at 12:30 p.m. are being encouraged to donate used wireless phones and accessories to benefit survivors of domestic violence through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine® program. Drop boxes will be located around Reser Stadium entrances by 10 a.m.; gates will open at 10:30 a.m.

“The HopeLine program continues to be a source of great support for victims of domestic violence and the Oregon State Athletics Department is pleased to partner with Verizon Wireless,” Bob De Carolis, OSU athletics director, said. “We ask our fans to support this worthwhile 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 wireless phones with airtime to non-profit human services and law enforcement agencies to aid survivors of domestic violence.

Last year, Oregonians donated more than 16,000 used phones to the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program. The used equipment collections resulted in $135,000 in Hopeline grants, wireless phones and airtime contributions benefitting 16 Oregon 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 6.5 million phones
•Awarded more than $7 million in cash grants to domestic violence agencies and organizations in the U.S.
•Distributed more than 80,000 phones with more than 240 million minutes of free airtime and other features valued at more than $24 million to be used by victims of domestic violence
•Properly disposed of more than 1 million no-longer-used wireless phones in an environmentally sound way
•Kept more than 200 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.