Aditionally,

$10 will be given to the Fayetteville Women's Shelter for every phone

that is brought in during the anniversary celebrations.

From May 26-31,

wireless customers in the Fayetteville area are invited to visit the communications

store, located at 105 Promenade Parkway, Suite 105C, to take advantage

of a variety of aniversary promotions, including a free phone drawing,

buy one get one free phone promotions, and a week-long customer food-and-drink

reception in the store.

"We are

pleased that is has been such a remarkable year for VerizonWireless here

in Fayetteville. In recognition of that success, we would like to invite

everyone to celebrate this anniversary with us, and we encourage all wireless

customers, regardless of their service provider, to come into our store

this week to donate their no-longer used phones," said Laura Mansour,

manager of the Verizon Wireless Store in Fayetteville.

The Fayetteville

location offers the complete range of Verizon Wireless products including

wireless voice services, messaging and wireless data.

Through the

HopeLine Program, Verizon Wireless collects phones, in any condition,

to benefit domestic volence survivors across the country. The phones are

refurbished and distributed to domestic violence victims through local

human services and law enforcement agencies. The recycled phones enable

victims to access emergency services with enhanced 911 capabilities or

to reach family, friends and employers while they are in temporary housing

where they may not have access to a direct phone line.

The donated

phones also can be sold to resellers and proceeds are used to purchase

new wireless handsets for victims of domestic violence or the proceeds

go to non-profit domestic violence advocacy organizations.

Last year,

Verizon Wireless donated more than 4,000 phones and airtime and over $350,000

in monetary contributions nationally.

Verizon Wireless

is the nation's largest wireless communications provider.