Dover Verizon Wireless Hopeline event benefits People's Place

Joe Martin, left, retail sales manager at Verizon Wireless, presents a $2,500 check to Blanche Creech of People’s Place, given as a donation through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine community event.

The donation, which was increased during the event to $5,000, will help support the agency's domestic violence programs, including shelter, advocacy and counseling services for domestic violence survivors and their children. The event was held Oct. 8 at Verizon Wireless in Dover.

For more information about the domestic violence programs, contact Cherelyn Homlish, associate director of Domestic Violence Services, at 302-422-8033. For more information about People’s Place, contact Claudia Peña Porretti, director of development, at 302-422-8033, Ext. 198, or cporretti@peoplesplace2.com.