Hargray Awards $5,200 to Anniston Nonprofits

Jan. 31, 2023 – Anniston, Ala. – Hargray, a leading broadband communications provider, recently awarded $5,200 to two local nonprofits through the company’s Charitable Giving Fund.

Meals on Wheels, a program of Interfaith Ministries, received a $4,000 grant to continue providing hot, nutritious lunches to Anniston residents who are physically unable to leave their homes to shop for groceries and prepare their own meals.

“With our program delivering over 22,000 meals last year, and being on track for even more this year, this grant is such a blessing. Providing hot, diet-specific meals to our homebound clients meets a desperate need in our community,” said April LaFollette, Interfaith Ministries Executive Director. “This grant will allow us to add more of our client group to the benevolent category, meaning delicious meals delivered by our volunteers, will reach even more of those in need without cost. Interfaith Ministries is thankful for this grant, and even more grateful for the work it allows us to do in our elderly and homebound community.”

2nd Chance, Inc. provides safe shelter and supportive services for domestic and sexual violence victims and educates residents of the communities served, empowering victims in their recovery and the public toward intervention in these crimes. The nonprofit received a $1,200 grant to purchase and upgrade computer equipment for program staff.

“2nd Chance is grateful for the contribution from Hargray’s Charitable Giving Fund. Our ability to address the unique needs of individual program participants is strengthened when we receive unrestricted dollars from individuals and businesses in the communities we serve. Being able to purchase a pair of non-slip shoes required by the survivor's new job or a backpack for her child's new school is vital to their long-term recovery and their ongoing ability to stay safe and independent from an abuser,” said Susan Shipman, 2nd Chance Executive Director. “The grants that cover our personnel and operating expenses don't include these items that are as necessary as safe shelter and supportive services for victims fleeing abuse. We thank Hargray for the funds to make a bigger difference in the lives of those we serve.”

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

Twenty-eight non-profit organizations across the company’s 24-state footprint received grants totaling more than $110,000 during the company’s most recent award period. Nonprofit organizations have the opportunity to apply for a grant during open application periods each spring and fall. Applications for spring 2023 grants will open between April 1-30, 2023.

The Charitable Giving Fund is an extension of the company’s existing corporate social responsibility efforts, which include:

Chromebooks for Kids, an initiative in which the company donates Chromebooks to Title I schools across its footprint. To date the company has donated more than 2,600 Chromebooks to help bridge the digital divide in schools that lack funding.
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 in a variety of Olympic-type sports, as well as health, arts, and 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. By the end of 2022, the company will have planted 120,000 trees in its markets and national forests.
Supporting the mission of Keep America Beautiful in cleaning up and beautifying communities across the U.S.
Addressing food insecurity across its footprint through the donation of more than 46 tons of food and nearly $400,00 since 2018.

For more information about the Hargray Charitable Giving Fund, visit https://www.hargray.com/charitablegiving.

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About Hargray

Hargray is a leading broadband communications provider and part of the Cable One family of brands, which serves more than 1.1 million residential and business customers in 24 states. Hargray provides consumers with a wide array of connectivity and entertainment services, including high-speed internet and advanced Wi-Fi solutions, cable television and phone service.

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