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Sparklight now accepting applications for Charitable Giving Fund
Sparklight associates recently presented a Charitable Giving Fund check to R4 Creating students and Founder and Executive Director Dr. Shelly Gruenig (left, back row). Pictured (l-r back row) are Sparklight Field Operations Manager Josh Hester, Customer Service Manager Celestine Salazar, Lead Customer Service Rep Shelanie Ethredge and General Manager Richard Estrada.
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Sparklight will begin accepting spring 2024 applications for the company’s Charitable Giving Fund, which annually awards $250,000 in grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, on April 1.
Applications will be accepted through April 30.
Charitable Giving Fund grants will be made available across communities served by Sparklight and the other Cable One family of brands (Fidelity Communications, Hargray and ValuNet Fiber) and will concentrate support in the following priority areas:
- Education and digital literacy
- Hunger relief and food insecurity
- Community development
Last year, the company awarded grants to more than 50 nonprofits, including organizations devoted to the priority areas as well as teen suicide prevention, homelessness resources, poverty disruption, child advocacy and more. Rio Rancho-based R4 Creating received a $5,000 grant from the company’s Charitable Giving Fund.
“R4 Creating is thrilled to receive this critical program support from Sparklight which helps ensure accessibility to award-winning STEM tools and learning,” said Dr. Shelly Gruenig, R4 Creating founder and executive director. “This inaugural grant will make a difference in the lives of thousands of students and educators, sparking innovation and confidence to light the future of our state.”
The Charitable Giving Fund is an extension of the company’s existing corporate social responsibility efforts, which include:
- Supporting national organizations dedicated to advancing education and diversity, including the Emma Bowen Foundation and the National Diversity Council.
- Supporting the mission of Special Olympics, which provides year-round sports training and athletic competition, as well as health, arts, leadership and advocacy programs for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
- Planting trees through the Arbor Day Foundation on behalf of customers who switch to paperless billing. Since 2015, the company has planted 140,000 trees in its markets and national forests within the company’s footprint.
- Supporting the mission of Keep America Beautiful in cleaning up and beautifying communities across the U.S.
- Fighting hunger in local communities through volunteerism and donations, as well as supporting organizations such as Feed My Starving Children. Since 2018, Cable One has donated more than 51 tons of food and nearly $500,000 to address food insecurity.
“We are honored to support nonprofit organizations helping those most in need in the communities we serve,” said Julie Laulis, Cable One President and CEO. “Being a strong local partner is central to our values and we are proud to help make a positive difference where we live and work.”
