| R 334 |
| 2022 -- H 8291 Enacted 05/26/2022 |
| H O U S 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: Representatives Kennedy, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Azzinaro, Edwards, Filippi, Abney, Craven, and Ackerman |
| Date Introduced: May 26, 2022 |
| 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 House 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 House of Representatives 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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