{"id":57454,"date":"2017-09-29T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-verizon-foundation-commits-an-additional-4-million-to-support-long-term-relief-efforts-for-puerto-rico-and-u-s-virgin-islands-as-hurricane-maria-recovery-continues\/"},"modified":"2017-09-29T18:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T22:28:03","slug":"verizon-foundation-compromete-4-millones-adicionales-para-apoyar-los-esfuerzos-de-alivio-a-largo-plazo-para-puerto-rico-y-las-islas-virgenes-de-los-estados-unidos-mientras-continua-la-recuperacion-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/verizon-foundation-compromete-4-millones-adicionales-para-apoyar-los-esfuerzos-de-alivio-a-largo-plazo-para-puerto-rico-y-las-islas-virgenes-de-los-estados-unidos-mientras-continua-la-recuperacion-de\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon Foundation commits an additional $4 Million to support long term relief efforts for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands as Hurricane Maria recovery continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 29, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Verizon Chairman &amp; CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Lowell McAdam<\/span> today announced the company is quintupling its support for the residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">U.S. Virgin Islands<\/span>, to a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$5 Million<\/span>, as the magnitude of recovery and relief efforts has become more clear.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg0ae9left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg0ae9left\" title=\"Verizon Communications Inc.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Verizon Communications Inc.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160527\/373129LOGO\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have a strong connection to <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">U.S. Virgin Islands<\/span> through our customers and employees,&#8221; McAdam said. &#8220;And while we don&#8217;t offer direct service to the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>, we are working with federal agencies and our roaming partners to provide additional assistance during this crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company previously announced a <span class=\"xn-money\">$1 Million<\/span> pledge to fund Hurricane Maria relief efforts.\u00a0 Those funds are supporting immediate relief efforts of the American Red Cross and World Vision. Organizations that will receive the additional <span class=\"xn-money\">$4 Million<\/span> announced will be named as the Verizon Foundation and local authorities identify organizations that can provide significant long-term recovery assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Providing additional financial support to residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">U.S. Virgin Islands<\/span>, Verizon is matching employees&#8217; contributions, dollar-for-dollar, to select hurricane relief-focused organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in\u00a0New York City, has a diverse workforce of 163,400 and generated nearly\u00a0$126 billion\u00a0in 2016 revenues. Verizon operates America&#8217;s most reliable wireless network and the nation&#8217;s premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated solutions to businesses worldwide. Its Oath subsidiary houses more than 50 media and technology brands that engage about 1 billion people around the world.<\/p>\n<p>VERIZON&#8217;S ONLINE MEDIA CENTER: News releases, stories, media contacts and other resources are available at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/news\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.verizon.com\/about\/news\/<\/a>. News releases are also available through an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/rss-feeds\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.verizon.com\/about\/rss-feeds\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related Links <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/<\/a> \u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verizonwireless.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.verizonwireless.com\/<\/a> \u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizonenterprise.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.verizonenterprise.com\/<\/a> \u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/about\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>Media contact: <br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeffrey Nelson<\/span><br \/>908.559.7519\u00a0 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:jeffrey.nelson@verizon.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">jeffrey.nelson@verizon.com<\/a>\u00a0 <br \/>Twitter: @JNels<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Albert Aydin<\/span><br \/>908.559.7513 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Albert.Aydin@VerizonWireless.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Albert.Aydin@VerizonWireless.com<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>Twitter: @albertaydin<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160527\/373129LOGO\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160527\/373129LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Verizon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 29, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Verizon Chairman &amp; CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Lowell McAdam<\/span> today announced the company is quintupling its support for the residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">U.S. Virgin Islands<\/span>, to a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$5 Million<\/span>, as the magnitude of recovery and relief efforts has become more clear.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg0ae9left&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 100%;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}