Nextel
Administrator posted in ATT/Cingular on April 22nd, 2005
Service to the Community
Nextel has a long and proud history of using its technology to support community-based organizations. This support has generally been provided at the local level, and has involved activities including in-kind donations of equipment and service, direct financial support, and employee/retail involvement with organizations. In 2004, Nextel loaned more than 3000 phones to non-profit organizations around the country.
In 2004, Nextel’s nationwide participation in the Donate A Phone program with the American Red Cross raised nearly $600,000. Proceeds from recycled phones and other fundraising efforts helped the Armed Forces Emergency Program keep U.S. military families connected with their loved ones. Nextel’s commitment to the environment also manifests itself via the company’s internal recycling program, that processed 1.9 million used phones in 2004. Nextel also partners with Habitat for Humanity, providing free wireless phones and services to many local Habitat affiliates, and Nextel employees participate hands-on in Habitat projects nationwide.
In June of 2004, Nextel committed $1 million to the Victory Junction Gang, which provides a sleep-away camp experience to children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. The camp was started by NASCAR professional racer Kyle Petty and his wife, Pattie, in honor of their late son, Adam. Other programs, such as Focus on Driving and Smart Drivers Talk SafelySM, give Nextel the opportunity to educate students about the importance of attentive driving.
Nextel has also joined forces with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) by supporting Team Adam, an on-site response and support system that provides assistance to local law-enforcement agencies, and by offering a FREE wireless AMBER Alert service. Issued in the most serious child abduction cases, an AMBER Alert is an emergency broadcast communication designed to instantly mobilize the entire community to assist in the search for, and safe return of, an abducted child. Official alerts are sent as a text messages to active Nextel phones and wireless devices that have been signed up for the service.
Nextel is the first-and currently the only-wireless carrier to develop a wireless AMBER Alert service for its customers. We are working closely with NCMEC to develop a standard that will soon be adopted by all wireless carriers.
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