OVERLAND PARK, KS - Community centers in America are about to get a facelift thanks to the Sprint Community Connection Tour. In a nationwide rehabilitation effort, thousands of Sprint employees and Rebuilding Together are working with community organizations in fourteen markets to help revitalize facilities and provide more access for constituents with disabilities.

The Sprint Community Connection Tour will kick off May 31, 2003, with Sprint employees from the Los Angeles area rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty to help the Boys and Girls Club in East Pasadena, which serves over 2,000 area children. Volunteers will be patching and painting the gymnasium, pouring concrete for a wheelchair ramp to increase accessibility and creating garden plots for children to learn about Botany.

“Rebuilding Together applauds Sprint’s commitment to building a better America,” said Patricia Johnson, president of Rebuilding Together. “The community-mindedness of Sprint has made a major difference to thousands of people in need in hundreds of cities and towns across the nation.”

The Sprint Community Connection Tour will continue to touch lives through October in cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Plymouth, Ind., San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

This marks the fifteenth year that Sprint and Rebuilding Together have partnered to help preserve and revitalize homes and communities across the country. In the last four years, the Sprint Foundation has donated $560,000 to Rebuilding Together and Sprint volunteers have completed refurbishment projects in 39 cities and counties across the country, impacting more than 350 homes and community centers.

“Our partnership with Rebuilding Together is a testament to our employees and Sprint’s dedication to the communities it serves,” said Jerry Glazier, director of Corporate Relations and the Sprint Foundation. “With sponsorships like this, we are able to make a difference person by person and touch the lives of those in need.”

To learn more about Sprint’s partnership with Rebuilding Together and the details for each of the local events taking place this year, visit www.sprint.com/mr for a complete press kit.

For more information about Sprint’s commitment to the communities it serves, please visit www.sprint.com/community.

About Rebuilding Together

Rebuilding Together is the leading provider of housing rehab services to low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly, the disabled and families with children. Founded in 1988 as a national organization with 13 affiliates serving 18 states, Rebuilding Together now works in 865 communities in all 50 states. Nearly 2 million volunteers have contributed more than 21 million hours to rehabilitate 70,000 homes and nonprofit facilities. In 2003, over 250,000 men and women will donate 2.6 million hours of time to rehabilitate more than 8,000 houses and non-profit facilities.

About Sprint

Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately 72,000 employees worldwide and nearly $27 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States’ first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States.

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