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All Aboard! South Station Visitors Invited to Donate Phones, Toys, Games & Books Wireless Phone Drive and Holiday Gift Collection Support Massachusetts Domestic Violence Victims and Children Living in Shelters WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- During the upcoming season of giving, the 45,000+ daily visitors to New England's busiest train hub, Boston's South Station, will be able to donate a variety of items that will benefit those affected by domestic violence. Equity Office, manager of South Station, will hold a phone collection drive through Monday, November 29th followed by a gift collection drive through mid-December. A Phone Recycling Drive South Station is holding a wireless phone recycling drive in support of Verizon Wireless' HopeLine(SM) program. HopeLine is a multi-faceted program that provides wireless phones, voice mail, and cash donations to domestic violence organizations across the country. At the center of HopeLine is a phone-recycling program, and phones collected through HopeLine are refurbished for donation to victims, recycled or sold. The funds raised from the sale of refurbished phones are used to purchase wireless phones, combined with donated airtime, for use by victims of domestic violence. Verizon Wireless accepts any no-longer-used wireless phone, regardless of model or carrier. An added benefit is that no-longer-used phones and batteries are recycled in an environmentally-friendly manner. As a result of HopeLine and related phone recycling programs, Verizon Wireless has donated more than 24,000 phones to shelters and $7.9 million in monetary and in-kind donations in the last three years to prevention programs and advocacy groups across the country. A Holiday Gift Drive For New, Unwrapped Toys, Games and Books From November 30th through December 17th South Station will collect toys, games and books for children ranging in age from infants to teens. All items collected will be donated directly to domestic violence shelters in New England through the Verizon Wireless Kids In Need Holiday Drive. Now in its fourth year, the Verizon Wireless Kids In Need Holiday Drive is run through the company's 56 New England-based stores. Each store 'adopts' an area domestic violence shelter and collects items, to help make the holidays brighter for children living in domestic violence shelters. "Unfortunately, many children living in shelters with their mothers have fled their homes due to domestic abuse, with little more than the clothes on their back, they often leave a favorite toy, game or book behind," said Bob Stott, president of the New England region for Verizon Wireless. "As a company we have a long-standing commitment of helping victims of domestic violence, and the Kids In Need Holiday Drive allows us to further this commitment to the most innocent victims ... the children." About Equity Office Properties Trust Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP), operating through its various subsidiaries and affiliates, is the nation's largest publicly held office building owner and manager with a portfolio of 701 buildings comprising 125.5 million square feet in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Equity Office has an ownership presence in 27 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and in 124 submarkets, enabling it to provide a wide range of office solutions for local, regional and national customers. For more company information visit the Equity Office Web site at http://www.equityoffice.com/. About Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 42.1 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To receive broadcast-quality video footage of Verizon Wireless operations, log onto http://www.thenewsmarket.com/verizonwireless. DATASOURCE: Verizon Wireless CONTACT: J. Abra Degbor, +1-781-481-1314; or David Thomson, +1-978-808-7700, both of Verizon Communications Web site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/ http://www.equityoffice.com/

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