Verizon Wireless Respond to Tsunami Disaster11 January 2005
Customers to Join In Efforts By Sending Text Message to "4CARE"; Company Foundation donations currently at over $2.5 Million With More To Come.
Verizon Wireless, the nation's most reliable wireless network, has mobilized their customers nationwide to aide with relief for the victims of the recent tsunami disaster in Asia by encouraging donations to Atlanta-based CARE, one of the world's leading humanitarian organizations fighting global poverty.
Beginning Monday, Jan. 10, Verizon Wireless post-pay customers with phones capable of text messaging can use their phones to send a text message to the address 4CARE (42273) using the keyword "gift." They will receive a reply message asking them to confirm a donation to CARE of $5.00. To do so, customers will press "Y" on their keypad, and send that message. Customers wishing to donate more than once can send up to four additional text messages to 4CARE, for a total contribution of $25.00. The donations will appear on the customer's next monthly bill, and the entire amount of each donation will be provided to CARE's South Asia earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Standard text messaging rates apply, and will be donated by Verizon Wireless to CARE when the program is completed in early February. Donations to CARE under this program are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
In addition, the company, whose South Area Headquarters are located in Alpharetta, is matching employee contributions, including over 3,000 employees in Georgia, 2-to-1 through January 31 via the company's Verizon Foundation. Through employee and company contributions to date, the Foundation contribution is at over $2.5 million dollars in just one week for the American Red Cross and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Verizon Wireless customers can also donate online to these two organizations via the company's website: www.verizonwireless.com.
"Verizon Wireless is, as a company, extremely committed to our communities - both locally and worldwide. Our customers send more than 1 billion text messages per month, and we're glad to put this technology to use for such an important cause," said Georgia/Alabama Region President Jim McGean. "Our employees are always at the ready to provide support where needed, whether it's hurricane relief here in the south, domestic violence prevention programs in Georgia, or even something as globally disastrous as the recent tsunamis."
Contacts
Verizon Wireless
Sheryl Sellaway, 678-339-5564
sheryl.sellaway@verizonwireless.com
Source: Business Wire
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