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Sparklight awards $5,000 to R4 Creating
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.
Broadband communications provider Sparklight recently awarded a $5,000 grant to R4 Creating through the company’s Charitable Giving Fund. The organization was one of 29 nonprofits across the company’s 24-state footprint that received grants totaling more than $125,000 during the most recent award period.
The Charitable Giving Fund, which annually awards nearly $250,000 in grants to local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations served by the Cable One family of brands (Sparklight, Fidelity Communications, Hargray, ValuNet Fiber and CableAmerica), concentrates support in the following priority areas:
- Education and digital literacy
- Food insecurity
- Community development
R4 Creating will use the grant to create STEM programs for underserved students in New Mexico.
“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.”
Nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant during open application periods each spring and fall. Applications for spring 2024 grants will be accepted between April 1-30.
The Charitable Giving Fund is an extension of Cable One’s 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 Beautifulin cleaning up and beautifying communities across the U.S.
- Fighting hunger in local communities through volunteerism and donations, as well as support to organizations such as Feed My Starving Children to make a difference in the lives of hungry kids around the world. Since 2018, Cable One has donated more than 51 tons of food and nearly $500,000 to address food insecurity.
