Verizon Gives $1,000 Grant To Bridgeport Domestic Violence Shelter

Cellular service provider Verizon has given a $1,000 grant to The Center for Family Justice in Bridgeport, which provides shelter and other services to domestic violence survivors in Bridgeport and surrounding communities.

The money to be used to help its clients purchase gift cards to defray the costs of their holiday shopping. Funds for the grant come from the Hopeline by Verizon project, which collects discarded cellphones, batteries and mobile phone accessories. Hopeline by Verizon uses the proceeds from those environmentally-friendly collections to provide cellphones to domestic violence victims as well as provide direct grants to nonprofit shelters and organizations that serve domestic violence victims.

For several years now Hopeline by Verizon has been a benefactor of The Center, which serves victims of domestic violence in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Easton, Trumbull, Monroe and Stratford. This year’s grant will allow The Center’s staff to purchase and provide gift cards to local retailers directly to its clients; including those living in its domestic violence shelter and transitional housing program.