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Verizon Customers Help Improve Literacy in Their Communities by Donating More Than $1.28 million to Nonprofit Organizations Through Monthly Program

Customers' 'Check Into Literacy' Donations Support Local Efforts

    NEW YORK, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A dollar a month may not seem like
much, but it can go a long way to improving literacy skills in local
communities and giving people the opportunity to succeed.
    Thanks to Verizon telephone customers who participated in Verizon's
convenient Check Into Literacy Program, nonprofit organizations throughout
26 states and Washington, D.C., will receive more than $1.28 million to
bolster local literacy efforts.
    The Check Into Literacy Program enables Verizon landline telephone
customers to support literacy by simply checking a box on their monthly
phone bills to make a $1 tax-deductible donation. Verizon then distributes
the donations to local literacy organizations that serve the individual
states the customers live in.
    "The generosity of our customers and the commitment of our Verizon
employee volunteers go hand-in-hand in our grassroots campaign to continue
the important work of improving literacy in our communities," said Verizon
Foundation President Patrick Gaston.
    Residents of Washington, D.C., and the following states took part in
the program: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and
Wisconsin.
    Residents of the following states contributed the greatest amount to
the program: Pennsylvania, $304,001; New Jersey, $186,386; Massachusetts,
$126,763; California, $95,046; and Maryland, $78,477.
    The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon
Communications, is committed to improving literacy and K-12 education;
fostering awareness and prevention of domestic violence; and promoting the
use of technology in health-care delivery. In 2006, the foundation awarded
more than $69 million in grants to nonprofit agencies in the United States
and abroad. The foundation also matched charitable donations from Verizon
employees and retirees, resulting in $29 million in combined contributions.
Under the foundation's Verizon Volunteer initiative, one of the nation's
largest employee-volunteer programs, company employees and retirees have
also contributed nearly 3 million hours of community service since
Verizon's inception in 2000.
  
    Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), a New York-based Dow 30
company, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and
wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and
wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable
wireless network, serving nearly 57 million customers nationwide. Verizon's
Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which operates one of the
most expansive wholly-owned global IP networks, and Verizon Telecom, which
is deploying the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the
benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment
services to customers.
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