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Home My WebLink About03-Presentation FOR IMMEDTA TE RELEASE February 2, 2009 Entered Into Rec, at MCC!COC M1g: .<./:do i by: Y'Y'v~d!.J P "<...0 Agenda fiem No: 3- P",--..LH<.J::;'..4,~( by: .l?----tk..<. t;.{~<A.L City ClerklCDC Secretaiy City of San Bernardino Media contact: Michael Page 760-835-7212 NEWS RELEASE Verizon Awards $212,000 in Education, Domestic-Violence Prevention, Internet Safety and Healthcare Grants to Seven San Bernardino Nonprofit Groups SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Verizon today awarded seven grants totaling $212,000 to help create educational opportunities, improve health-care resources, prevent domestic violence and Internet-safety education for San Bernardino residents. According to Mike Page, director of governmental and external affairs, the grants support Verizon's principal areas of focus. "Literacy, domestic violence prevention and technology access are the underpinnings of all our grant-making," he said. "Verizon is fully committed to supporting organizations that are making inroads in these important areas." The following organizations received grants: Option House: $24,000 to fund two outreach prevention programs; a youth program and a men's domestic-violence education program. Asian American Educational & Cultural Resource Center: $20,000 to provide vocational English-as-a-second-Ianguage and computer-skills training classes to approximately 90 parents of economically disadvantaged children at NOllh Park Elementary School. . Verizon News Release, page 2 Libreria Del Pueblo Inc.: $20,000 to train approximately 200 low-income and underserved residents with technology-based training in the usage of computers and current technologies that will promote the use of English, self esteem and employment. Applied Principals for Service Inc.: $18,000 to provide public-safety education campaign to parents and teens in the proper use of cell phones, text messaging and the Internet. San Bernardino Community Hospital: $35,000 to purchase broadband technology that will enable hospital staff to offer access to treatment programs and educational information for children with asthma. San Bernardino Sexual Assault Services: $45,000 to assist victims of domestic violence by teaching them to be self sutlicient and helping them to find employment so that they can live a healthy lifestyle lor themselves and their children. San Bernardino City Unified School District: $50,000 for the creation of a digital classroom that will provide teachers with a chance to learn about and practice using classroom technology. The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm ofVerizon Communications, supports the advancement of literacy and K-12 education through its free educational Web site, Thinkfinity.org, and fosters awareness and prevention of domestic violence. In 2008, the Verizon Foundation awarded more than $68 million in grants to nonprofit agencies in the U.S. and abroad. It also matched the charitable donations ofVerizon employees and retirees, resulting in an additional $26 million in combined contributions to nonprofits. Through Verizon V olunteers, one of the nation's largest employee volunteer programs, Verizon employees and retirees have volunteered more than 3 million hours of community service since 2000. For more information on the foundation, visit www. verizonfoundalion. or". Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New Yark, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wire line and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Vcrizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless Verizon News Release, page 3 network, serving more than 80 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 224,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com. #### VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases bye-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery ofVerizon news releases.