Text-to-Donate Makes it Easy for Customers to Support Colorado Wildfire Assistance
$10 Mobile Donations Benefit American Red Cross Disaster Relief
(3BL Media) Denver, CO - July 10, 2012 - Verizon Wireless has implemented a mobile giving program for customers looking for a simple way to contribute to relief and assistance efforts supporting communities affected by the High Park, Waldo Canyon and other fires in Colorado. The company said today that customers can use their mobile phones to make $10 donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support evacuees and others impacted by the fires.
“Our neighbors in Colorado have experienced some of the worst fires in our state’s history and we are mobilizing assistance for them,” said Chris Lewter, regional president for Verizon Wireless. “We’re making it easy for our customers wanting to donate funds to the American Red Cross by implementing a simple text-to-donate campaign.”
Donating is easy – customers simply text the word REDCROSS from their mobile phone to the organization’s designated 90999 short code:
- American Red Cross Relief: Text REDCROSS to 90999
Verizon Wireless waives text-messaging fees for disaster relief, so text messages are free when used to make donations and 100 percent of each $10 donation goes to the Red Cross. For Verizon Wireless customers who pay monthly bills, the $10 donations will appear on the next regular monthly bill. For customers using the company’s prepaid services, the $10 donation will be taken from customers’ prepaid balances.
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