"It is our hope these grants will continue to provide funding for
innovative programs to help protect victims of domestic violence and educate
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HopeLine grants are being offered to enable agencies, shelters and other
domestic violence advocacy groups to introduce or expand programs , add
equipment or enhance facilities to better serve clients.

Verizon Wireless created its HopeLine program 10 years ago to put wireless
products and services to work to help victims of domestic violence enhance
their safety.verizonwireless.verizonwireless.com, the world's largest online retailer of
bags and accessories, along with Eagle Creek, manufacturer of adventure travel
gear and luggage, will run a wheeled luggage public collection program that
will directly benefit The Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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nation's leading wireless provider, is seeking grant proposals for domestic
violence prevention and education projects in the New York Metro area. There are 1,500
shelters for battered women in the United States.com will give them an immediate
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Qualifying nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for competitive grants
totaling $30,000, made possible through the company's HopeLine(R) phone
recycling program.

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Company Seeks Applications for Domestic Violence Prevention and Education
Projects

ORANGEBURG , N. In addition to funding non-profit domestic violence
organizations, HopeLine includes a successful phone recycling program; free
phones, service and voice mailboxes for victims; community and corporate
awareness initiatives and a bilingual "Invest In Yourself" program designed to
help survivors reenter the workforce.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 45. DENVER, Nearly 800,000 people are homeless on any
given night in the United States, while more than 50 percent of all homeless
women and children are fleeing domestic violence situations.
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The Northern Westchester Shelter's HopeLine grant will support the
"Love Should Not Hurt" Teen Dating Abuse Summit on October 21, 2005 at Pace
University.com features over 230 brands and 15,000 products from
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"Domestic violence awareness and prevention is Verizon Wireless' chief
community focus," said Charles Hand, president of the company's New York Metro
Region.com by April 15, 2005.com will donate all luggage trade-ins to The Colorado Coalition
Against Domestic Violence (CCADV), a 26-year-old statewide, grassroots,
non-profit organization providing resources, education and training to over
40,000 battered women and children in Colorado .com, specializing in well known branded men's and women's footwear
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Project proposals must be postmarked, or e-mailed
by June 30, 2005. For an application and additional information,
please call 845-429-3839.5 million voice and data customers.com.

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Y. The Hispanic Counseling Center in Hempstead, Long Island,
for example, provided a 12-week program to provide bilingual/bicultural
support and recovery services to women and children affected by domestic
violence. In New Jersey, The Junior League furnished and equipped a
dedicated resource and counseling room for residents of a domestic violence
shelter in Essex County."

Verizon Wireless will give strong preference to grant proposals that:

* Emphasize the benefits of the new or expanded program or services
* Include an implementation plan with a defined beginning and end
* Define measurable results

To qualify for funding, an applicant must be designated a public or
private 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization with a valid Internal Revenue
Service tax ID and based in the Verizon Wireless New York Metro Region which
includes the following: five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk,
Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties in New York; and Bergen, Essex,
Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris , Passaic, Somerset, Union and
Warren counties in New Jersey.com/hopeline. Headquartered in
Bedminster , NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZand LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web
at http://www.
During the month of March, customers can turn in any clean, empty, and
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Three individual
grants, up to $10,000 each, will be announced in October, National Domestic
Violence Awareness Month.com will also pay for customers' trade-in shipping via UPS.com is a part of eBags, Inc. For more
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