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Cingular Wireless Pitches in at Pennypack Farm Volunteer Event Created by Greater Philadelphia Cares KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Armed with shovels, hoes, wheel-barrels and plenty of enthusiasm, about thirty volunteers from Cingular Wireless pitched in today to spruce up the Pennypack Farm Education Center for Sustainable Food Systems in Horsham, PA. Cingular volunteers spent the day doing various gardening and farming chores around the Pennypack Farm, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the health, economic, ecological and social issues involved in sustainable local food systems. The Farm provides education on organic foods, farming and healthy eating choices to individuals, families, communities as well as environmental and educational groups. "We are committed to participating in programs that benefit the community where we live and work," said Dan Lafond, Cingular Wireless Vice President and General Manager for Greater Philadelphia. "We all benefit from this organization's excellent programs on healthy eating choices and preserving the environment." Cingular's employee volunteer event was created by Greater Philadelphia Cares, a non-profit organization committed to empowering individuals to act as citizens and realize their ability to contribute to the community in meaningful ways. Greater Philadelphia Cares partners with over 3,000 businesses to assist them in meeting their community involvement goals through volunteer service. About Cingular Wireless' Greater Philadelphia Market Cingular's reach in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and Central Pennsylvania area covers more than 11 million people and extends across 13,000-square miles outward from metropolitan Philadelphia to include central and southern New Jersey, areas of northeastern Pennsylvania including Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and central Pennsylvania including Harrisburg and State College, as well as Delaware. Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 50.4 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(SM) network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(R) Minutes, the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Ellen Webner of Cingular Wireless, +1-973-422-3379, or wireless, +1-201-532-7292, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom

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