U.S. Cellular focuses on improving the quality of life in the areas where we do business. We focus our community efforts on nonprofit organizations serving economically disadvantaged youth, families, and
seniors — connecting people with opportunities for a better life. Here are just a few of the ways U.S. Cellular contributed to our communities in 2007:

• Contributed more than $3.1 million to nonprofit organizations, including $1.6 million in associate contributions and matching funds during the United Way campaign. U.S. Cellular received the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago’s Communications Pillar Award for exceptional communications during the campaign.
• Invested in 70 organizations through grants, phone donations, and other philanthropic support.
• Volunteered more than 3,600 associate hours, with nearly 1,000 associates participating in 160 projects.
• Donated phones and one year of free service to 24 nonprofits, and hosted free calling programs that enabled the homeless, seniors, and members of the military to connect with loved ones.

Government Relations
In 2007, U.S. Cellular launched the Connecting Rural America campaign to protect both rural America's right to receive affordable wireless telecommunications services and the Universal Service Fund (USF) that helps U.S. Cellular provide those services, by opposing the imposition of a cap on the funds available to wireless carriers. The campaign reached out to members of the FCC and the U.S. Congress, and included our testimony at a special hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.