Through employee volunteerism and corporate philanthropy, the company has consistently demonstrated its commitment to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. The Anne Arundel Medical Center received an assist this year from Verizon in creating a health information network in its new facility under construction. Verizon is providing funding for interactive kiosks that will provide patients, staff and visitors with immediate access to current health and medical information. The grants were announced in May 1999. BACK TO TOP Volunteers encourage Reading By 9 As a corporate partner in the Reading By 9 literacy program, Verizon participates in an intensive effort to improve reading levels of third graders in the Baltimore area.
Employees take a hands on role as well.
More than 60 volunteers have read to children at City Springs Elementary School in Baltimore City throughout the school year. Verizon Employees volunteered to read to students at City Springs Elementary School in Baltimore City as part of the Reading By 9 literacy program. Em is a literacy program in which Pioneers visit elementary schools, read to students, and donate a book to the children. The Pioneers have donated over 100,000 books in Maryland through Book 'Em. In the MAP project, Pioneers paint 20x30-foot maps of the United States on school playgrounds and provide the schools with a variety of games to help make learning geography fun.