2024 -- S 3082 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING MAY 21, 2024, TO BE "COX IMPACT DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE | |
ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Gallo, F. Lombardi, Felag, Ciccone, E Morgan, Gu, Britto, | |
Date Introduced: May 21, 2024 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of |
2 | human connection through technology. As the largest private broadband company in America, |
3 | Cox operates fiber-powered networks in more than 30 States, providing connections and |
4 | advanced managed IT and cloud services for nearly 7 million homes and businesses nationwide, |
5 | and are dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, |
6 | people, suppliers, communities and the characteristic that make each one unique; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family- |
8 | owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Since 2001, Cox employees and business partners have invested in Cox |
10 | Charities, a charitable giving initiative of Cox Communications. Cox Charities has invested |
11 | millions of dollars in grants and in-kind support to organizations providing S.T.E.A.M. [Science, |
12 | Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math] enrichment programs to youth throughout the |
13 | Northeast Region; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Cox believes in community action through giving and loves the position |
15 | they hold as a contributing member of the community–their business, their employees and their |
16 | customers. This compels Cox to provide support with monetary, media and premium gift |
17 | contributions that provide goodwill to organizations and causes in need and strengthens the |
18 | social, economic and educational infrastructure of our community; and |
19 | WHEREAS, Cox demonstrates what they firmly believe by their focused areas of giving |
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1 | concentrating their support in, but not limited to, the following key areas: Environment -- Cox |
2 | supports organizations and initiatives that encourage environmental sustainability and |
3 | conservation; Civic and Community -- Cox supports charitable and community organizations that |
4 | make a positive difference in the communities they serve; Youth & Education -- Cox supports |
5 | programs targeted toward providing children the essentials they need to grow up into self- |
6 | supporting and contributing members of society. Realizing the importance of education, Cox |
7 | supports initiatives that enhance educational efforts, particularly at the K-12 level; Diversity -- |
8 | Cox supports organizations that directly support the many facets of the richly diverse |
9 | communities they serve; and Technology -- Cox supports initiatives that enhance technology |
10 | curriculum for children, particularly at the K-12 level; and |
11 | WHEREAS, The 2024 Rhode Island recipients of Cox Charities grants are: The Boys & |
12 | Girls Clubs of Newport County Total Teen Explorers; The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern |
13 | Rhode Island; The Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence; Manton Avenue Project; Winners Circle |
14 | XR Academy, Inc.; Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England; STEAM Box; The Empowerment |
15 | Factory; The Ocean Community YMCA; Boys & Girls Club of Warwick; Cape Verdean |
16 | American Community Development; Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District; and |
17 | Riverzedge Arts Projects, Inc.; now, therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims May 21 of |
19 | 2024, to be "Cox Impact Day" in the State of Rhode Island and offers our sincerest |
20 | congratulations to all of the 2024 Cox Charities Grant Recipients, and thanks Cox for its |
21 | philanthropic efforts in Rhode Island; and be it further |
22 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
23 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mr. Stephen Iannazzi, Director, Government |
24 | Affairs, Cox Communications, and Ms. Rosie Fernandez, Manager of Community Relations for |
25 | Cox Communications East. |
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