| R 367 |
| 2025 -- S 1149 Enacted 06/12/2025 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING JUNE 12TH OF 2025, TO BE "COX IMPACT DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Britto, Zurier, Tikoian, Bissaillon, LaMountain, Urso, Felag, DiPalma, and Sosnowski |
| Date Introduced: June 12, 2025 |
| WHEREAS, Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of |
| human connection through technology. As the largest private broadband company in America, |
| Cox operates fiber-powered networks in more than 30 States, providing connections and |
| advanced managed IT and cloud services for nearly 12 million homes and businesses nationwide, |
| and is dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, |
| people, suppliers, communities and the characteristic that make each one unique; and |
| WHEREAS, 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 $11 million dollars 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 the |
| northeast; 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 |
| concentrating their support in, but not limited to, the following key areas: Environment -- Cox |
| supports organizations and initiatives that encourage environmental sustainability and |
| conservation; Civic and Community Engagement -- Cox supports charitable and community |
| organizations that make a positive difference in the communities they serve; Youth & Education - |
| - Cox supports programs targeted toward providing children the essentials they need to grow up |
| into self-supporting and contributing members of society, and realizing the importance of |
| education, Cox supports initiatives that enhance educational efforts, particularly at the K-12 level; |
| Diversity -- Cox supports organizations that directly support the many facets of the richly diverse |
| communities they serve; and Technology -- Cox supports initiatives that enhance technology |
| curriculum for children; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims June 12th of |
| 2025, to be “Cox Impact Day” in the State of Rhode Island and offers sincerest thanks to Cox for |
| its philanthropic efforts in 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 this resolution to Ms. Nora Crowley, Director, Government |
| Affairs, Cox Communications, and Ms. Rosie Fernandez, Manager of Community & Public |
| Affairs for Cox Communications. |
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