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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING MAY 26, 2022, AS "COX CHARITIES DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE

ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senator Hanna M. Gallo

     Date Introduced: May 23, 2022

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of

human connection through technology. The largest private broadband company in America, Cox

proudly serves seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. Cox Communications is the

largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James

M. Cox; and

     WHEREAS, Since 2001, Cox employees and business partners have invested in Cox

Charities, a charitable giving initiative of Cox Communications. Cox Charities has invested more

than $7 million in grants and in-kind support to organizations providing S.T.E.A.M. [Science.

Technology. Engineering. Arts and Math] enrichment programs to youth throughout Connecticut,

Ohio and Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Cox believes in community action through giving and loves the position

they hold as a contributing member of the community through their business, their employees and

their customers. This compels Cox to provide support with monetary, media and premium gift

contributions that provide goodwill to organizations and causes in need and strengthens the

social, economic and educational infrastructure of our community; and

     WHEREAS, Cox demonstrates what they firmly believe by their focused areas of giving.

They concentrate their support in, but are not limited to, the key areas of the environment

through their support of organizations and initiatives that encourage environmental sustainability

and conservation; civic and community through their support of charitable and community

organizations that make a positive difference in the communities they serve; and youth &

education, through their support of programs targeted toward providing children the essentials

they need to grow up into self-supporting and contributing members of society. Realizing the

importance of education, Cox supports initiatives that enhance educational efforts, particularly at

the K-12 level, diversity through their support of organizations that directly support the many

facets of the richly diverse communities they serve, and technology through their support of

initiatives that enhance technology curriculum for children, particularly at the K-12 level; and

     WHEREAS, The 2022 Rhode Island recipients of Cox Charities grants are The Science

and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE Program), The Highlander Charter School,

Global Science Envirotech, Providence Public Library, Woonasquatucket River Watershed

Council, The Empowerment Factory, DownCity Design, City Year, and Big Brothers Big Sisters

of Rhode Island; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby extends our sincerest

congratulations to all of the 2022 Cox Charities Grant Recipients and thanks Cox for its

philanthropic efforts in Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby proclaims May 26 of 2022 to be “Cox Charities

Day” in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of the resolution to Mr. Ross Nelson, Senior Vice President and

Northeast Region Manager of Cox Communications and Ms. Rosie Fernandez, Manager of

Community Relations for Cox Communications Northeast.

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