Wireless Carrier Releases Latest List of Top 100 Leaders in $1 Million Contest
CHICAGO, Sep 19, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --
In just 10 days of voting in U.S. Cellular's (NYSE:USM) Calling All Communities campaign, more than 1,500 schools have jumped into the race to win a share of $1 million in the company's third annual campaign to support education. Today, the carrier released the most recent list of the top 100 schools leading the pack, and the race continues to be tight. U.S. Cellular's commitment to empowering communities to support local schools is one of the reasons it has the happiest customers in wireless.
The top 18 vote-receiving schools will win a share of $1 million to spend any way they see fit. The school that garners the most votes will receive $150,000, and the next 17 schools will each receive $50,000. The voting period ends Oct. 6.
As of Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. (CT), the top 100 schools lead a total of 1,544 schools throughout the country that have received community votes. So far, close to 185,000 votes have been cast. While Seymour Primary School in Tennessee continues to hold on to the top spot, there is some exciting shuffling taking place with three new schools entering the top 18. There are nearly three weeks left to rally communities to earn votes, and as the changes in the Top 100 list indicates, any school big or small still has a chance to join the frontrunners and win.
Anyone 18* years or older can visit any U.S. Cellular store and ask an associate for a code to vote for their favorite school at uscellular.com and learn about the carrier's cutting-edge products and services. Each voting code gives people the opportunity to vote online once daily until the campaign ends. The voting cards feature a peel-off sticker that gives thousands of lucky supporters a chance to cast two votes per day or be one of 18 people to win one year of free U.S. Cellular wireless service. In addition, 2,000 randomly-selected voters will be awarded a $25 U.S. Cellular debit card simply for supporting their schools.
Public and private schools, kindergarten through high school, are eligible to win. No purchase is necessary and you don't have to be a U.S. Cellular customer to vote. The winning schools will be announced in October and November. For more information about U.S. Cellular, its cutting-edge phone lineup, high-speed nationwide network and Calling All Communities, visit uscellular.com or U.S. Cellular's Facebook page.
LaTrina Shepherd, U.S. Cellular, latrina.shepherd@uscellular.com, 773-355-3364
About U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular rewards its customers with unmatched benefits and industry-leading innovations designed to elevate the customer experience. The Chicago-based carrier has a strong line-up of cutting-edge devices that are all backed by its high-speed nationwide network that has the highest call quality of any national carrier. U.S. Cellular was named a J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Customer Service Champion and received PC Magazine's 2011 Readers' Choice Award. To learn more about U.S. Cellular, visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com. To get the latest news, promos and videos, connect with U.S. Cellular on Facebook.com/uscellular, Twitter.com/uscellular and YouTube.com/uscellularcorp.
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SOURCE: U.S. Cellular
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