VERIZON WIRELESS & BALTIMORE RAVENS TEAM UP FOR HOPELINE PROGRAM. Fans Urged to Donate Used Wireless Phones at Ravens/Falcons Game on October 19, 2014

In recognition of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month,

for the third-consecutive year, Verizon Wireless

and the Baltimore Ravens are hosting a HopeLine

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wireless phone recycling drive on Sunday, October 19th at M&T Bank Stadium.

Fans are encouraged to donate no-longer-used wireless devices, chargers and

accessories to Verizon’s HopeLine Wireless Phone Recycling Program at the Ravens vs.

Falcons upcoming home game.

Through <http://www.verizonwireless.com/aboutus/hopeline/> HopeLine from

Verizon, donations directly impact domestic violence prevention and benefit

survivors of abuse in the form of cash grants and free wireless phones for

emergency use. Since HopeLine launched, Verizon Wireless has collected more

than 10 million phones and donated more than $21 million to domestic

violence prevention organization across the country, including many

Maryland-based non-profits like <http://www.hruth.org/> House of Ruth

Maryland, the <http://www.wlcmd.org/> Women’s Law Center of Maryland, and

the <http://www.mscfv.org/> Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence. More

than 180,000 phones with wireless minutes and text messaging service have

been donated through HopeLine for use by domestic violence victims and

survivors, and the program has kept more than 210 tons of electronics waste

and batteries out of landfills.

HopeLine collection bins will be set-up in the following locations for

convenient drop-off of any no-longer-used cellphone, charger or wireless

accessory, from any provider, and in any condition:

* The Verizon Wireless booth outside M&T Bank Stadium along Ravens

Walk

* In the Suite Lobby near Gate A

* Gate B

* Gate D

* Club Level Concierge Desk

“Most of us have old wireless devices lying around the house, whether it’s a

cell phone or charger we no longer use,” said Marquett Smith, Verizon

Wireless regional president. “We want to make it convenient for Ravens fans

who’ll be coming to the October 19th game to join us in the effort to bring

help to the nearly one in four women, one in seven men and more than 3

million children in the United States who are affected by domestic

violence.”

For those not able to attend the October 19th Baltimore Ravens game, but

still wishing to donate to HopeLine, no-longer-used wireless devices can be

donated at any Verizon Wireless store or mailed using a free

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postage-paid label, which can be found at:

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