Verizon, INDYCAR, Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Announce Indiana HopeLine Drive
Verizon, INDYCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will announce joint participation in a HopeLine drive throughout the month of May to raise critical funds and awareness for domestic violence prevention.
The drive invites INDYCAR fans to bring their wireless phones and accessories that are no longer used to donation sites set up around Indianapolis Motor Speedway this month. The joint parties will present a $50,000 HopeLine grant to the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the Emergency Housing and Transportation Survivor Fund.
Since 2001, HopeLine from Verizon has collected more than 11.4 million phones and granted over $29 million to domestic violence organizations.
WHAT: Verizon, INDYCAR, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Announce Indiana HopeLine Drive
WHEN: 2 p.m. ET, Thursday, May 7
SPEAKERS:
* Helio Castroneves, INDYCAR driver for Team Penske
* Senior leaders, INDYCAR and Indianapolis Motor Speedway
* Neil Krevda, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, Verizon
* Pat Lewis, Director of Retail for Indiana/Kentucky, Verizon
* Dottie Davis, Domestic Violence Survivor and Retired Deputy Police Chief
* Laura Berry, Executive Director, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
CONFIRMED ATTENDEES
* Terry Curry, Marion County Prosecutor
* Sgt. Dawn Higgins, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Coburn Place
* Rick Snyder, President, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #86
* Dr. Heidi Dunniway, President, Indiana State Medical Association
* Kelly McBride, Executive Director, Domestic Violence Network
* Susan Ferguson, Executive Director, Prevail
* Julia Kathary, Executive Director, Coburn Place
* Mary Jo Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Alternatives
* Michelle Gwaltney, Senior Vice President, Families First
* Nicole Elam, Vice President Government Affairs, ITT Technical Institute
* Bryan Spellman, Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana
WHERE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Media Center – Economaki Press Conference Room
4790 W. 16th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222
(credentials required)
