Local residents and first responders to receive donated lunches, discounted charging accessories, and access to charging stations

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- (Business Wire)

Sprint (NYSE:S) is actively assisting residents, customers, Oklahoma first responders and emergency medical personnel, and relief organizations as response efforts continue following the impacts from Monday’s catastrophic tornado and storm.

The Sprint Emergency Response Team (ERT) has been on-the-ground in Moore, Okla. since shortly after the tornado struck providing local responders and officials with mobile devices, as well as reliable wireless voice and secure IP data communications through the use of its Satellite Cell on Light Trucks (SatCOLTs).

Additionally, as a member of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program, Sprint contributes in excess of $500,000 annually to help the Red Cross to be prepared before disaster strikes. This allows the Red Cross to direct our donation to where it is most needed. Sprint has joined a long list of companies across the nation in providing an annual gift that helps Red Cross secure a reliable funding base for disaster relief services that enables the Red Cross to respond immediately, meeting the needs of individuals and families affected by disaster anywhere in the United States, regardless of cost.

Sprint’s direct and in-kind relief for impacted Oklahoma residents and customers

As part of its Annual Feed the Need Food Drive last week, Sprint’s Kansas City area employees prepared and packaged more than 11,600 lunches using donations and supplies from Sprint employees and the Sprint Foundation. These lunches which are typically donated to the Harvesters Community Food Network for delivery to local families and children, are being redirected to Oklahoma relief efforts. Harvesters is sending all of these Sprint donated and prepared lunches to Moore where they will be used to feed first responders and displaced families.

In addition to receiving a waiver in overage fees for voice, data and text services, impacted Sprint customers will receive 50-percent discounts on select charging accessories at the following Sprint retail stores:

• 140 S. Midwest Blvd., Midwest City, Okla. 73110
• 7500 S. Santa Fe Ave., Suite 100, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73139
• 133 Ed Noble Parkway, Norman, Okla. 73072

To serve residents in need of extra fully charged batteries and charging stations, the following locations will be served by Sprint staff and charging resources:

• Sprint Retail Store: 7500 S. Santa Fe Ave., Suite 100, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73139
• Sprint – Fast Wireless Retail Store: 660 S.W. 19th St., Moore, Okla. 73160
• Southgate Baptist Church: 740 SW 4th Street, Moore, Okla. 73160

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Contacts:

Sprint
Crystal Davis, 571-288-6806
crystal.davis@sprint.com

Source: Sprint