Dear TelecomPioneer,
I'm pleased to launch our email newsletter, which we'll publish every couple weeks. It will contain briefs on stories such as successful volunteer and fundraising projects, assembly information, and policy changes. If you like the story, just click on the associated link for more information. We're always interested in what's going in your council. Please send your stories and photographs to news@verizonpioneers.org. Also, please visit our website at www.verizonpioneers.org to learn more about Pioneering across the chapters.

Have a nice day!
Cal Frost
VP-V/F/T TelecomPioneers

Congratulations, Chapters!
Despite a challenging year of budget revisions, administrative cutbacks and contract negotiations, the Verizon TelecomPioneers have received top honors for their community service activities. At the Annual Meeting in Halifax, Telcordia was recognized as the only chapter in history to receive the President's Award five years in a row!  Learn more.
(Photo) Cal Frost, V/F/T Group VP, and Sylvia Reyburn, Group Life Member Representative, accept this year’s TelecomPioneer Membership Recruitment Award on behalf of their members.

21st Annual Sports Jamboree a Success!
Hats off to the L.H. Kinnard Chapter, which donated more than 16,000 hours organizing and staffing the 21st Annual Sports Jamboree in Fort Indiantown Gap June 27-29.  This event features sporting events for children 9-20 years of age, who are blind, legally blind, or in wheelchairs.  Learn more.

Through October... if you purchase a 1949 Dodge Power Truck, you receive a Matchbox Pioneer bucket truck free! The Dodge Truck is a limited edition die-cast 1:30 scale model featuring a gold AT&T and Associated Companies Bell System logo on the driver’s door. The limited edition 1:64 scale white Pioneer Matchbox bucket truck features the Pioneer logo on the driver and passenger doors. It measures 3" X 1-1/4" X 1-1/4". You can actually raise and lower the bucket. $23.95, plus shipping. Order now.

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