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Washington/Baltimore and Virginia.8 million voice and data customers.

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For more information about HopeLine , customers can call 1-800-426-2790
between the hours of 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM EST Monday through Saturday , and
between 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on Sunday.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 43.com/verizonwireless .
The gift will be matched dollar for dollar by the state of Kentucky
through its Research Challenge Trust Fund, which was established in 1997 to
promote research and allow the state's universities to attract and retain
renowned faculty and researchers in critical areas of science and economic
development.
"We have no more dedicated and generous corporate partner in our work to
stop domestic violence than Verizon Wireless," said Family Violence Prevention
Fund President Esta Soler .com/multimedia.

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"Over the past decade, the HopeLine program has grown significantly and
along the way has helped so many victims -- keeping them safe and helping them
rebuild their lives," said Denny Strigl, president and CEO of Verizon
Wireless. Today, the multi-faceted program also includes a
successful phone recycling and re-use effort, financial support for regional
and national non -profit domestic violence organizations, community and
corporate awareness programs, and partnerships with law enforcement agencies,
professional sports teams, educational institutions and corporations
nationwide.
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For more information about the HopeLine program please visit
http://www. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD).

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HopeLine Highlights from 2004
In 2004, consumers donated three-quarters of a million phones to HopeLine,
up more than 35 percent from the previous year, and bringing the total to
nearly two million phones since the national phone collection and recycling
efforts began in 2001.

Addressing an Issue that Affects Everyone
Domestic violence in the United States knows no social or economic
boundaries and can affect people in any community -- including friends, family
and co-workers.verizonwireless .

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8 million voice and data customers.
"From donating phones and airtime to funding direct service programs for
survivors, Verizon Wireless has a proven track record of supporting domestic
violence awareness and prevention," said Carol E. Jordan, director of the
University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women.com/hopeline. The Center is committed to preparing students and advancing
scientific inquiry into the legal and clinical complexities presented by
domestic violence, rape, stalking and related crimes against women.

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Customers of any wireless carrier can donate phones at any Verizon
Wireless Communications Store in the Washington/Baltimore and Virginia region. "We're thankful to our customers and the countless other consumers,
organizations and businesses that have participated in the program and helped
make possible gifts like that pledged to the University of Kentucky Center for
Research on Violence Against Women."
The professorship established by the Verizon Wireless endowment will be
focused on innovative research on violence against women and women's health
and will be based in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. When it began, the HopeLine program donated voicemail boxes to
victims living in shelters.

About The Center for Research on Violence Against Women
The Center for Research on Violence Against Women was created in 2002 as a
joint project of the University of Kentucky and the Office of the Kentucky
Governor.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 43.

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With the advent of spring, we hope everyone will take this
opportunity to donate their used phone and give a domestic violence victim a
fresh start. Customers can also visit the Web
at http://www.

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Also in 2004, HopeLine contributed more than
$800,000 to shelters and organizations to support domestic violence prevention
programs and victims' services, and more than 11,000 phones, along with
airtime and other features, to shelters for distribution to victims.com.

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With funds raised from the sale of the refurbished phones,
Verizon Wireless donates wireless phones and airtime to domestic violence
prevention programs and service providers.verizonwireless.
Wireless phones and equipment donations can also be sent to:

Verizon Wireless HopeLine
c/o ReCellular Inc
2555 Bishop Circle W.verizonwireless.

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Since 2001, the key element of the program has been a national
recycling initiative -- taking no-longer used wireless phones and accessories
and turning them into help and support for victims of domestic violence and
the agencies and shelters committed to helping.

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Across the country, Verizon Wireless has put its HopeLine
program to work and seen the program grow."
Verizon Wireless created its long-running HopeLine program to put wireless
products and services to work to combat domestic violence and raise awareness
of the issue.

How to Donate
Wireless phones and equipment can be donated to the HopeLine program at
more than 1,200 Verizon Wireless Communications Store across the country.

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Verizon Wireless' HopeLine(SM) Program Puts Wireless Phones
in Hands of Domestic Violence Victims

LAUREL, Md. As feverish spring cleaners make good on their vows, Verizon
Wireless wants to remind them to dust off their no-longer-used wireless phones
for a worthy cause: helping victims of domestic violence. In 2004, consumers donated a
record 750,000 phones to HopeLine, up more than 35 percent from the previous
year, bringing the total number of phones collected since the program began in
2001 to more than two million.

Verizon Wireless Marks 10-Year Anniversary Of HopeLine(SM) Program With $250 000 Gift to University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women

Additional milestones for the HopeLine program in 2004 include:

* More than $800,000 donated to shelters and organizations to support
domestic violence prevention programs and victims' services;

* More than 11,000 phones, along with airtime and other features,
provided to shelters to distribute for use by victims;

* More than 140 ,000 phones recycled in an environmentally safe way.

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Spring Cleaners Asked to Dust Off Old Wireless Phones

Our homes
and communities would be safer if more companies joined Verizon Wireless in
helping to stop violence against women.

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"That means across our region, there are
thousands of perfectly good wireless phones sitting unused in closets or
drawers. The Center
is dedicated to enhancing the welfare and safety of those impacted by these
crimes through research, scholarship and public service.

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Nearly 750,000 Phones Collected and More Than $800,000 Donated
To Help Victims of Domestic Violence in 2004

BEDMINSTER, N. "Through
this gift, Verizon Wireless builds on its vital work of protecting women in
the present day by investing in the future of women .

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Through its national HopeLine(SM) program, Verizon Wireless collects
previously owned wireless handsets and accessories to be refurbished, recycled
and/or sold.com. "The company's long-term work has not only given
victims of domestic violence a way to call for help, it has also helped
countless women and children feel safer and more secure.verizonwireless.

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To preview and request broadcast-quality video
footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to
the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.

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Find more
information on the Web at http://www., To mark the 10-year anniversary
of Verizon Wireless' HopeLine(SM) program, the company today announced a
$250,000 gift to The University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence
Against Women. The gift is the largest amount pledged by Verizon Wireless to a
single organization to support domestic violence prevention and awareness. The professorship
established by the Verizon Wireless endowment significantly advances our
efforts to better understand and one day end acts of violence committed
against women. Find more information on the Web
at http://www.

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Headquartered in
Bedminster , N. It
will be used by the University's Center to establish and endow a professorship
of studies on violence against women.

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, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE: VZVOD; London). The growth of the
HopeLine program and its ever-increasing reach are extraordinary .