Verizon Wireless this year expects to donate 140 cellular telephones and 400,000 minutes of service to Hawai'i agencies that support domestic violence victims.

The donation is part of Verizon Wireless' HopeLine program, which provides used wireless phones to agencies for use with their clients so they can communicate with family, friends, shelter support staff and employers. In 2008, Verizon Wireless said it donated phones and service to the Domestic Violence Action Center, Women Helping Women, Turning Point for Families, Na Loio Immigrant Rights and Public Interests Legal Center, and Parents and Children Together.

The HopeLine program is accepting cellular phone donations at all Verizon Wireless stores in Hawai'i. For information, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.