BSCTC PARTICIPATING IN USED MOBILE PHONE DRIVE TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
Dont know what to do with your used mobile phones and accessories? Heres a great way
to get rid of them while helping others. Drop them off at Big Sandy Community and
Technical College (BSCTC) from Oct. 12 Nov. 13 to assist victims of domestic violence.
BSCTC is participating in the statewide HopeLine from Verizon project and has collection
boxes set up at the Prestonsburg, Pikeville, Hager Hill and Mayo campuses. Faculty,
staff, students and community members may donate any type of phone from any carrier.
Boxes will be set up in the Student Center on the Prestonsburg campus, the atrium
on the Pikeville campus, the atrium at the Hager Hill campus and in Building C at
the Mayo campus.
We are proud to support this worthwhile cause, said BSCTC President Dr. Devin Stephenson.
I want to thank those in the Big Sandy region who work on the front liens of domestic
violence and prevention each day. Your work is critical in bringing hope to those
who are hurting.
Phones donated to HopeLine are refurbished and recycled in an environmentally safe
way with proceeds going toward the financial support of domestic violence awareness
and prevention initiatives. Verizon also donates new wireless phones through the HopeLine
program, complete with service and data, to domestic violence shelters and non-profit
organizations for use by survivors.
Since 2001, HopeLine has collected more than 11.4 million phones, donated more than
$29 million in cash grants, and provided more than 190,000 phones with wireless service
and data to domestic violence organizations nationwide.
Kudos to every KCTCS participant, from Dr. Box to administrative staff, to faculty
members and students, for standing strong against sexual and dating violence on community
and technical college campuses across Kentucky, said Marion Nolan, Verizon associate
director in Kentucky. Nolan and her Kentucky team have collected thousands of devices
for HopeLine since the program was launched in 2001. The beauty about HopeLine from
Verizon is that it enables everyone to take that stand, simply by digging in the backs
of drawers and closets to find those phones and accessories theyre not using anyway,
and donating them to fight this scourge.
At the conclusion of the Kentucky Drive, Verizon will present grants totaling $50,000
to:
- Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV), which mobilizes and supports member programs and allies to end intimate partner violence.
- Legal Aid Society, which provides free legal services to the most disadvantaged in the community, including survivors of domestic violence.
- UK Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women, which works to enhance direct services to victims, legal response and legislative reform related to violence against women through policy research and analysis, and empirically driven advocacy and practice.