Sprint is currently working with Girls and Boys Town to upgrade its frame relay access by installing T1 lines to increase connection time and the speed of data transfer. This uptime guarantee is critical for non-profits like Girls and Boys Town. Girls and Boys Town's National Crisis Hotline, for example, demands this constant availability from Sprint - in this business, a lost call could mean the loss of a life. Sprint's services are able to track calls in case the caller needs medical or police assistance. The Girls and Boys Town National Hotline, established in 1989, directly assists 250,000 callers a year as a resource and referral service for children and parents.
Sprint gives to numerous other nonprofit organizations.
About Girls and Boys Town Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in 1917, beginning a long history of offering help, hope and healing to abused, abandoned, neglected, handicapped or otherwise at-risk children. About half of the more than 33,000 children cared for by the organization each year are girls. Girls and Boys Town is a leader in the treatment and care of girls and boys and in the research and development of programs to meet the ever-changing needs of these children and their families. Last year, Girls and Boys Town directly cared for more than 33,000 children and families. Girls and Boys Town also indirectly assisted more than 1.4 million children, parents, educators, youth-care and juvenile justice professionals through various outreach and training programs.