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12
Making a Difference in Our Communities
At Verizon, we understand our reputation isn’t limited to our performance
in the marketplace. It also includes the quality of our products, our
impact on the environment, the spirit of our employees and our standing
in the community. We strive to make our broadband technologies as widely
available as possible and to use our leadership and resources to create new
solutions to the big problems facing our society. Even in these difficult
economic times, we remain committed to using our signature programs
to help create a better quality of life for the neighborhoods we live in and
serve.
The Verizon Foundation connects our financial, technological and
human resources with critical social issues that affect our employees,
customers and communities. We focus on the issues of education and
literacy, and safety and health. Our work is done through strategic
partnerships with nonprofit organizations, informed grant-making that
represents an investment in results, and the exceptional volunteer spirit of
Verizon’s 223,900 employees. Our goal is to help people achieve the skills
they need to live, learn and work in the 21st Century.
Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation’s free, comprehensive
Web site containing more than 55,000 educational resources, including
standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans; online educational
games; videos; and other materials provided in partnership with many of
the nation’s leading educational organizations. Since the Web site’s
launch in March 2007, the Verizon Foundation has committed more than
$34 million to update and expand Thinkfinity.org and provide training
to teachers.
The Verizon Wireless HopeLine® program collects no-longer-used
phones, batteries and accessories from any wireless service provider
at our Communications Stores nationwide. We then put the nation’s most
reliable wireless network to work in our communities by providing these
phones as a vital link to emergency or support services for individuals who
have suffered from abusive relationships. We also provide cash grants to
local shelters and nonprofit organizations that focus on domestic violence
prevention and awareness.
For more information on how Verizon is making a difference in our
communities, please view our corporate responsibility report online at
verizon.com/responsibility.