Tech Citizenship

Cupelo

Verizon Communications Inc. puts its charitable efforts into three main silos in New England: education, domestic violence and assistive technologies for the disabled.

In one of its notable education efforts, the Massachusetts Department of Education and Lesley University received a second year of funding to train more teachers to use Thinkfinity.org a curriculum resource tool from Verizon Foundations online. Verizon also supported English For New Bostonians through its English as a Second Language technology awards.

“As one of the region’s largest private-sector employers, we believe it’s important to use our resources to transform lives and improve the communities where we live and work,” said Donna Cupelo, Verizon’s New England regional president.

Helping transform those lives, Verizon awarded assistive-technology grants to better serve people with disabilities. Among the recipients of the awards were the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton; Children’s Hospital/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program in Waltham; and The Learning Center for Deaf Children in Framingham.

Citizenship Facts

Verizon Communications Inc.

Total cash contributions in New England in 2008: $4,100,000

Number of volunteer hours in New England in 2008: 174,300

In-kind contributions of equipment and services in New England in 2008: N/A

Principal recipients of charitable activities in 2008: University of Massachusetts, Junior Achievement of Eastern Mass., Jane Doe Inc., Boston Private Industry Council, Mass. General Hospital.

Interesting philanthropic activities: Educational support; Holyoke Community College; Quincy Community Action; Operation Bootstrap, Lynn; The Immigrant Learning Center, Malden. Domestic violence technology solutions: Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Boston; Casa Myrna Vasquez, Boston and others.

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