(NASDAQ: UCBI), announced that they will participate in the 2005 Gulf South Bank
Conference on May 9 through 11, in New Orleans, Louisiana .com, by choosing Investor Relations and Investor
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Verizon Wireless Contributed Over $100 000 to Tennessee Community Organizations in 2004

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About HopeLine
Verizon Wireless encourages customers who are upgrading their wireless
phone to participate in its exclusive HopeLine phone-recycling program.

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Headquartered in Blairsville, United Community Banks is the third-largest
bank holding company in Georgia. The company specializes in providing
personalized community banking services to individuals and small to
mid-size businesses in its markets.

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network , serving 43. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
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The presentation will be web cast and can be accessed at the company's web
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"We invest in and partner with
organizations that focus on domestic violence solutions in an effort to
eliminate this national epidemic.

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Jimmy Tallent, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Community
Banks, together with Rex Schuette, United's Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer , will present the company's business strategy and
financial performance at 9:40 a.
The presentation , including slides, will be available on United Community
Banks' web site for 12 months following the presentation."

Sampling of Tennessee Organizations Who Received Support from Verizon
Wireless in 2004
* Community Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Knoxville
* Domestic Violence Project, Memphis
* Exchange Club Family Center, Memphis
* Exchange Club Family Center, Murfreesboro
* Genesis House, Cookeville
* Grace House, Memphis
* Haven of Hope, Manchester
* HomeSafe, Nashville
* Read to Succeed, Rutherford County
* Tennessee Chapter of Child Advocacy Centers
* Tennessee Economic Council on Women
* YMCA of Chattanooga
* YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee

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United Community Banks also offers the
convenience of 24 -hour access to its services through a network of ATMs,
telephone and on-line banking. Contributions
from the company's HopeLine program funded organizations and events aimed at
putting an end to domestic violence and child abuse.
"At Verizon Wireless, we are serious about investing in the communities
our customers and employees live and work," said Jerry Fountain, President,
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national HopeLine program distributes previously owned wireless phones to
victims of domestic violence, supports non-profit domestic violence advocacy
groups and provides an environmentally safe method of recycling phones.
Donations are accepted at all 1,200-plus Verizon Wireless Communications
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