#HOPE is a service available across Verizon Wireless’ nationwide wireless network. By dialing #4673 then pressing send, callers will be connected directly to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, where they can receive the confidential help they need through empowerment-based crisis intervention, information and resources. The call is toll and airtime free. The Cause of Domestic violence touches all of us:

• One out of 3 American women report being abused at some point in their lifetime.
• 21 percent of full-time, employed adults report they have been a victim.
• Wireless phones and technology can serve as a vital link to emergency or support services in a time of crisis or as a reliable, safe connection to employers, family and friends as survivors rebuild their lives.

http://aboutus.vzw.com/communityservice/hopeLine.html

The numbers since HopeLine’s national phone recycling and re-use program was launched in 2001, Verizon Wireless:

• Has collected more than 5.6 million phones.
• Awarded more than $6.3 million in cash grants to domestic violence agencies and organizations throughout the country.
• Distributed more than 76,000 phones with more than 228 million minutes of free wireless service 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.

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