Get Involved
Be a Part of the Celebration
Gospel music has joined communities together for generations. And community is at the root of our Verizon How Sweet the Sound celebration. Whether you are a part of a talented choir or one of our enthusiastic crowds, we sincerely hope you will join us in 2010 for this unique community experience. And because the meaning of community extends even beyond music, we ask you to continue collecting phones for victims of domestic violence for our Hopeline© program. You can also download gospel-inspired wallpapers from our community art program, or share your moment of fame with your recording from our gospel karaoke booth. Have fun online by playing SWEETstakes – coming again in 2010 – for your chance to win Weekly prizes, along with one final Grand Prize.
Old Phones = New Hope
Choirs and audiences across America donated 7,941 wireless devices toward Verizon Wireless' Hopeline initiative during the 2009 tour and you can continue to give. Almost everybody has at least one mobile phone they’re no longer using. So we ask you to gather up your phones and take it to a Verizon Wireless Communications Store near you. There, you can drop off your old wireless phone, battery and accessories in support of our HopeLine Program. Your generous donation will benefit victims of domestic violence all over the country.
Gospel Karaoke
Everyone wants to sing, but maybe not in front of ten thousand people! Thousands of you opted for our Gospel Karaoke stages on the concourse of every How Sweet the Sound 2009 event for the opportunity to sing for a smaller crowd. Who knows, maybe your performance even made it on the big screen during the show.
