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Toy Collection Runs Through Dec. 22 At The BellSouth Cingular Experience ATLANTA, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) is sponsoring a Toys for Tots drive at The BellSouth Cingular Experience, located at 1155 Mount Vernon Highway in Atlanta. Visitors may drop off new, unwrapped toys into collection boxes at the store now through Dec. 22. Gifts will be distributed on Dec. 23 and 24. Toys for Tots, a well-respected community outreach program created by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, offers the local community an opportunity to help needy children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas. "By serving as a Toys for Tots collection site, we hope to make it easy for the community to give this season and positively impact the lives of disadvantaged children in Atlanta," said Kim Whitehead, vice president of marketing - BellSouth. "Working with the Toys for Tots Program is yet another example of our commitment to support programs that benefit our community and are important to our customers." Opened in September 2005, The BellSouth Cingular Experience showcases the latest communications and entertainment services from BellSouth and Cingular. The store offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience online gaming, downloading music and movies, photo sharing, and emailing friends and family. In addition, visitors are able to see how they can share the speed of BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL among the computers and laptops in their homes at the same time with BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) HomeNetworking. A living room area with flat screen TVs and couches provides customers with the opportunity to experience more than 225 digital-quality channels of DIRECTV(R) programming with the convenience and control of digital video recording. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider with 52.3 million customers. Backed by award-winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow Pages(R) from BellSouth(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ . DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Zealous Wiley of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8721, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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