More Than 5,000 New Toys, Games and Books Donated to Verizon Wireless 'Kids In Need...

More Than 5,000 New Toys, Games and Books Donated to Verizon Wireless 'Kids In
Need Holiday Drive'

8th Annual Collection Brightens Holidays For Youngest Victims of Domestic
Violence

BOSTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless employees, customers, and
community members, donated 5,100 new, unwrapped toys, games and books at
Verizon Wireless stores throughout New England as part of the 8th annual Kids
In Need Holiday Drive. In addition to the record-breaking collection,
employees and partners donated an additional cash and gift cards to be used by
local domestic violence agencies to help fulfill their needs.

Verizon Wireless stores across New England 'adopted' local domestic violence
shelters and collected items on their behalf. At the end of the drive,
donations were distributed to 63 organizations based in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

"The support our customers and employees give to this collection continues to
be nothing short of amazing," said Ken Dixon, New England Region President for
Verizon Wireless. "Domestic violence shelters told us that clients,
especially the children, needed support like never before based on current
economic conditions. Our communities certainly answered that call."

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's South Station, managed by
Equity Office, once again teamed with Verizon Wireless to make it easy for
commuters to donate at its terminal in Boston. Attendees of the Boston Pops
concert at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire also
donated gifts to the drive.

Generosity from community members was equaled by New England television and
radio stations who partnered with Verizon Wireless to increase awareness of
the Kids In Need Holiday Drive. Participating stations included FOX25 and
WROR (105.7 FM) in Massachusetts, and News Channel 8 and myTV9 in Connecticut.

The 8th Annual Kids in Need Holiday Drive was organized as part of the
company's continued support of domestic violence survivors and their families.
The Verizon Wireless HopeLine program focuses on putting wireless products and
services to work to assist survivors of domestic violence. Through a
phone-recycling program, no-longer-used wireless phones (any carrier, any type
of phone) are turned into useable phones and financial donations for shelters
and domestic abuse programs nationwide. No-longer-used wireless phones may be
recycled year round at any Verizon Wireless store.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data
network, serving 83.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J.,
with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more
information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. 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
www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

Michael Murphy of Verizon Wireless, +1-781-932-1213,
Michael.murphy@verizonwireless.com; or David Thomson, Thomson Communications
for Verizon, +1-978-808-7700, David@thomsoncommunications.com