Across the country, Verizon Wireless has put its HopeLine
program to work and seen the program grow. 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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visit http://www. It
will be used by the University 's Center to establish and endow a professorship
of studies on violence against women.
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 . When it began, the HopeLine program donated voicemail boxes to
victims living in shelters.com.

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For information about SCCADVASA, please contact Vicki Bourus at
803.J. 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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Verizon Wireless will present the $50,000 grant during SCCADVASA's Annual
Meeting on February 9, 2005 from Noon-2:30 PM at Leaside Center in Columbia. To receive broadcast -quality video footage
of Verizon Wireless operations, log
onto http://www. SCCADVASA is the leader in directing efforts to eradicate
interpersonal violence in South Carolina."
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.verizonwireless.

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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.

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

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"Verizon Wireless has devoted our community service efforts to domestic
violence because of the far-reaching impact of this problem that affects one
out of three women and knows no social or economic boundaries," said Jerry
Fountain, President of the Carolinas/Tennessee Region of Verizon Wireless. Jordan, director of the
University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women. 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. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD).

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"Through Verizon Wireless ' HopeLine(SM) phone donation and recycling program,
we provide support to victims of domestic violence and the people and agencies
that seek to help them.verizonwireless.

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

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, Verizon Foundation, the
philanthropic arm of Verizon Wireless, has awarded a Verizon Foundation grant
of $50,000 to the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) to assist in the coalition's efforts to positively
impact and create awareness of domestic violence in the Palmetto State.
The SCCADVASA supports Domestic Violence + Sexual Assault member programs,
provides education + advocates for social reform to eradicate interpersonal
violence in South Carolina. SCCADVASA advocates for positive
social change through resource development, political action and providing
state of the art training.

About HopeLine
Verizon Wireless encourages customers who are upgrading their wireless
phone to participate in its exclusive HopeLine phone-recycling program.

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. 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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Verizon Wireless Donates $50K to the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

8 million voice and data customers.

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"South Carolina ranks 6th in the nation for numbers of domestic homicides
so this is a tragic situation and clearly, public education is a critical
need," said Vicki Bourus, Executive Director, SCCADVASA.
Donations are accepted at all 1,200-plus Verizon Wireless Communications
Stores across the country. The gift is the largest amount pledged by Verizon Wireless to a
single organization to support domestic violence prevention and awareness.

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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. 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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As part of its HopeLine program, Verizon Wireless also makes financial
grants and other donations of wireless phones, equipment and service to local,
regional and national domestic violence organizations, and between
January 2002 and June 2004, the company donated more than $5 million.com .com/multimedia.

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Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD).

About The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
SCCADVASA is a statewide membership coalition formed in 1981 consisting of
all Domestic Violence Shelters + Rape Crisis Centers in South Carolina to
represent the critical needs of survivors of domestic violence and sexual
assault. "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.verizonwireless.

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

BEDMINSTER, N.

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.

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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.
"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.
"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.

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Since 2001, more than 2 million phones have been
collected.

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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

Wireless phones and equipment donations can also be sent to:

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

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Find more information on the Web
at http://www.

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.
Dexter, MI 48130

For more information about the HopeLine program please visit
http: //www.

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"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.

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Grant To Be Presented At SCCADVASA Annual Meeting on February 9th

GREENVILLE, S. The
national HopeLine program distributes previously owned wireless phones to
victims of domestic violence, supports non-profit domestic violence advocacy
groups and provides an environmentally safe method of recycling phones.

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About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network , serving 43.8 million voice and data customers., 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. "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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Verizon Wireless' grant will help SCCADVASA in the creation of a well-
developed public awareness campaign aimed at producing positive social change
through education, resource development, political action and training.
Attorney General Henry McMaster will be the keynote speaker. "Domestic violence
is one of the lesser talked about problems in South Carolina, but with Verizon
Wireless behind us, we can really heighten awareness and get this issue the
attention it deserves.

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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.

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verizonwireless . The growth of the
HopeLine program and its ever-increasing reach are extraordinary. 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. Find more information on the Web
at http://www.

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