Verizon, INDYCAR, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will announce a HopeLine drive for the month of May to raise critical funds and awareness for domestic violence prevention. The drive allows racing fans for the first time to bring their no-longer-used wireless phones and accessories from any carrier to donation sites throughout Indiana. A $50,000 HopeLine grant will be presented to the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence to immediately replenish its Emergency Housing and Transportation Survivor Fund. Donation sites will be available for fans on FIVE key racing dates: Angie's List Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 Qualifications, Old National Armed Forces Pole Day, Coors Light Carb Day and the Indianapolis 500 (gates 1, 3, 9 and 10-A for all events).
WHAT: Verizon, INDYCAR, Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Announce Indiana HopeLine Drive
----- ----------------------------------------
WHEN: Thursday, May 7, 2015
(2:00 p.m. p.m. EST to 2:30 p.m. EST)
--- ------------------------------------
WHO: Speakers:
Helio Castroneves, INDYCAR driver for Team
Penske
Mark Miles, CEO, Hulman & Company
Neil Krevda, Vice President for
Governmental Affairs, Verizon
Pat Lewis, Director of Retail for Indiana/
Kentucky, Verizon
Terry Curry, Marion County Prosecutor
Dottie Davis, Retired Deputy Police Chief
& Survivor
Laura Berry, Executive Director, Indiana
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Confirmed Attendees:
Sgt. Dawn Higgins, Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department-Coburn
Place Board
Rick Snyder, President, Fraternal Order of
Police Lodge #86
William Padgett, Partner, Barnes &
Thornburg LLC
Dr. Heidi Dunniway, President, Indiana
State Medical Association
Kelly McBride, Executive Director,
Domestic Violence Network
Susan Ferguson, Executive Director,
Prevail
Julia Kathary, Executive Director, Coburn
Place
Mary Jo Lee, Chief Executive Officer,
Alternatives
Michelle Gwaltney, Senior Vice President,
Families First
Nicole Elam, Vice President Government
Affairs, ITT Technical Institute
Bryan Spellman, Goodwill Industries of
Central Indiana
--- ---------------------------------------
WHERE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Media Center Building - 1st Floor Press
Conference Room
4790 W 16th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222
(credentials required)
--- ---------------------
HopeLine from Verizon Statistics (since 2001):
-- 11.4 million+ phones collected nationwide
-- $29 million+ cash grants provided to domestic violence organizations
-- 190,000+ phones donated to domestic violence victims and survivors
About HopeLine from Verizon: HopeLine offers the public an opportunity to help prevent domestic violence by donating no-longer-used wireless phones and accessories in any condition from any carrier. Wireless phones given to HopeLine are refurbished and recycled in an environmentally sound way generating proceeds going toward financial support of domestic violence awareness and prevention programs. Verizon also donates phones through HopeLine - complete with service - to local domestic violence agencies or law enforcement agencies for use by domestic violence survivors.
Media Contacts:
Trevor Thomas, Verizon Wireless, trevor.thomas@verizonwireless.com, 248-914-3680 (mobile)
Kyle Niederpruem, For Verizon, kyle@kylecommunications.com, 317-509-7334 (mobile)
/PRNewswire -- May 5/
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
