If you’re like me, you may have a couple of old phones laying around in your junk drawer. Most times I will try and trade in my old phones, but sometimes I will forget that I have them. If you have came across any old phones, put them to good use!
Verizon Wireless’s Hopeline is America’s largest cell phone recycling program. The program helps out by giving those affected by domestic abuse a phone to make them feel safer and the chance to reach out for help if needed.
HopeLine® phones are provided to participating domestic violence agencies and organizations nationwide for use by victims and survivors as they rebuild their lives. 1,101,756 wireless devices were collected in 2010.
What is a HopeLine Phone?
HopeLine phones have 3,000 anytime minutes of airtime with calling features, including Nationwide coverage, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, 3-Way Calling, Caller ID, and Basic Voice Mail, all on the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network. The coverage map for HopeLine service can be found here.
Who is eligible for a HopeLine phone?
Domestic violence survivors must be affiliated with a domestic violence agency participating in HopeLine from Verizon to receive services and equipment. To inquire on how to obtain a HopeLine phone, please visit here for a partial list of participating domestic violence agencies and organizations in your area.
There are several ways that you can help.
You can go into any local Verizon Wireless store to donate an old phone in person.
You can also host a HopeLine phone drive to benefit victims of domestic violence and help the environment at the same time. It’s easy to get started and any individual or corporation can set up a HopeLine donation box.
If you’re not able to donate your phone in person, you can print a shipping label and mail in your phone for free.
I’m such a huge fan of the HopeLine program and Verizon Wireless’s efforts to stay green.
Verizon Wireless also helps protect the environment by collecting spent rechargeable batteries for recycling. The Verizon Wireless Cell Phone Battery Recycling program is an easy way for customers to join with Verizon Wireless to help conserve the earth’s natural resources and prevent spent batteries from entering community landfills.
Through HopeLine from Verizon’s recycling efforts, more than 200 tons of electronics waste and batteries have been kept out of landfills. Since October of 2001 when Verizon Wireless launched its national recycling program:
- Collected more than 8 million phones through our stores and other points nationwide.
- Properly disposed of more than 1.7 million phones in an environmentally sound way, and refurbished the remaining units, funding more than $10 million in cash grants for domestic violence organizations across the country.
- Distributed more than 106,000 HopeLine phones with the equivalent of more than 319 million minutes of wireless service for use by victims, survivors and organizations.
Please share about this program! You never know who you will be able to help!
Disclosure: I received products from Verizon Wireless as part of the Midwest Moms program. All thoughts, opinions and experiences are my own and not the opinion of anyone else.
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