{"id":205830,"date":"2010-01-20T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/54637f707227aa1996e71c341105bbfc"},"modified":"2010-01-20T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T00:00:00","slug":"article-haiti-crisis-what-your-carrier-is-doing-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/205830","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Haiti Crisis: What your carrier is doing to help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/1\/91829-haiti-1.jpg\" alt=\"Haiti crisis\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><em><span style=\"text-align: left; width: 510px;\"><br \/>(AP Photo\/Jorge Cruz)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all seen the images of devastation in Haiti.&nbsp; Curious as to how your donations are being utilized, or how America&#8217;s carriers are helping?&nbsp; Below is a comprehensive list of what your wireless carrier is doing to assist in the time of crisis.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Verizon Wireless<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offering free long-distance calling to or from Haiti from January 12th until 11:59 PM EST on January 31, 2010.&nbsp; Offer applies to Verizon Wireless and Verizon landline customers.&nbsp; (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.vzw.com\/news\/2010\/01\/pr2010-01-20b.html\" >Press Release<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Opening a <em>Haiti Relief Connection Center <\/em>at a Verizon Wireless retail store in Miami, Florida.&nbsp; It has been open since January 15th.&nbsp; (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.vzw.com\/news\/2010\/01\/pr2010-01-15a.html\" >Press Release<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Advanced $2,987,560 million to the American Red Cross based on dollars pledged by customers.&nbsp; The monetary amount represents donations from 12:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 13 through 2 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 15.&nbsp; (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.vzw.com\/news\/2010\/01\/pr2010-01-15c.html\" >Press Release<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>AT&amp;T<\/strong><\/span> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.att.com\/gen\/press-room?pid=4800&amp;cdvn=news&amp;newsarticleid=30409\" >Full Press Release<\/a>)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than $10 million has been donated by customers.<\/li>\n<li>Donating $50,000 donation to a local charity.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinating the donation of 7,000 wireless phones to Voila, a Haitian wireless carrier and one of the only carriers with service in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Providing smartphones and service to Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian organization, which is on the ground in Haiti helping with relief efforts.<\/li>\n<li>Adding to an earlier grant from  AT&amp;T by donating to two additional leading non-profit organizations. <\/li>\n<li>Expediting donations pledged by AT&amp;T customers from their mobile device to the American Red Cross (customers type the word HAITI and send the message to 90999).<\/li>\n<li>Continuing a companywide employee giving program for several relief organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sprint<\/strong><\/span> (<a href=\"http:\/\/newsreleases.sprint.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&amp;p=irol-newsArticle_newsroom&amp;ID=1376702\" >Full Press Release<\/a>)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advancing 80 percent of pledged funds on January 22nd, with the remaining 20 percent being donated after the 60 to 90 day settlement cycle.&nbsp; $3.1 million has been donated since January 12th.<\/li>\n<li>Waiving charges for text messaging to and from Haiti until January 31st.<\/li>\n<li>The Sprint Foundation is matching American Red Cross earthquake-relief donations made by Sprint employees from January 13th through January 31st.&nbsp; Sprint and its employees&#8217; total philanthropic contributions currently stand at $98,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>T-Mobile<\/strong><\/span> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/company\/PressReleases_Article.aspx?utm_source=Rss&#038;utm_cammpaign=PhoneDog&#038;umt_medium=Blog&#038;assetName=Prs_Prs_20100119&amp;title=Letter%20to%20Customers:%20T-Mobile%27s%20Efforts%20to%20Assist%20with%20Disaster%20in%20Haiti\" >Full Press Release<\/a>)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Customers have donated more than $3 million since January 12th.<\/li>\n<li>Free calling to and from Haiti from January 12th until January 31st.<\/li>\n<li>Shipping heavy-duty trucks and cell sites to Haiti.<\/li>\n<li>Working to provide 10,000 unlocked cell phones and some solar-powered chargers.<\/li>\n<li>Working to advance donations on a weekly basis.<\/li>\n<li>T-Mobile and parent company Deutsche Telekom have committed nearly $200,000 to relief efforts to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I&#8217;ve missed anything, please let me know through the comments (with a supporting link) and I will add it to the list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7DZHP-m4IggeRbh0JMo85nxBBvg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7DZHP-m4IggeRbh0JMo85nxBBvg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7DZHP-m4IggeRbh0JMo85nxBBvg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7DZHP-m4IggeRbh0JMo85nxBBvg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/Ry8oyVZob64\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP Photo\/Jorge Cruz) We&#8217;ve all seen the images of devastation in Haiti.&nbsp; Curious as to how your donations are being utilized, or how America&#8217;s carriers are helping?&nbsp; Below is a comprehensive list of what your wireless carrier is doing to assist in the time of crisis. 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