Verizon Wireless Presents Check to the Red Cross

Dan Mead, president and CEO of Verizon Wireless (second from left), delivered a $50,000 check for American Red Cross disaster relief to Chuck Schneider (second from right), director of Red Cross disaster relief operations in Joplin, Mo. The Verizon Wireless donation enables the Red Cross to assist people affected by the May 22 tornado that devastated a swath of Joplin and killed more than 150 people. Mead was accompanied by Brendan Fallis (far left), President of Verizon Wireless of the Kansas/Missouri Region, and Ken Dixon (far right), Midwest Area President of Verizon Wireless. Schneider is one of more than 800 American Red Cross workers from across the United States who have responded to the tornado in Joplin.