Hargray Awards $7,500 to Sandalwood Community Food Pantry
February 1, 2024 – Hilton Head Island, S.C. – Hargray, a leading broadband communications provider, recently awarded a $7,500 grant to Sandalwood Community Food Pantry through the company’s Charitable Giving Fund. The organization was one of 29 nonprofits across the company’s 24-state footprint that received grants totaling more than $125,000 during the most recent award period.
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
Sandalwood Community Food Pantry will use the grant to purchase food and supplies for its Healthy Free Choice Pantry, which serves individuals and families in need.
“Sandalwood Community Food Pantry is so very grateful for the $7,500 grant we received from Hargray and for their support for our Healthy Free Choice Pantry for the past 15 years,” said Rev. Dr. Nannette Pierson, Sandalwood Community Food Pantry Founder. “Hunger erodes the family, the community and its stability, impairing the potential of people to achieve independence. Yet, most heartbreaking is the toll hunger takes on the health and well-being of the children who are our future. Hargray is making a brighter future possible for so many of our Pantry Families right here in our community.”
Nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant during open application periods each spring and fall. Applications for spring 2024 grants will be accepted between April 1-30, 2024.
The Charitable Giving Fund is an extension of Cable One’s corporate social responsibility efforts, which include:
- 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, as well as health, arts, 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. Since 2015, the company has planted 140,000 trees in its markets and national forests within the company’s footprint.
- Supporting the mission of Keep America Beautiful in cleaning up and beautifying communities across the U.S.
- Fighting hunger in local communities through volunteerism and donations, as well as support to organizations such as Feed My Starving Children to make a difference in the lives of hungry kids around the world. Since 2018, Cable One has donated more than 51 tons of food and nearly $500,000 to address food insecurity.
For more information about the Hargray Charitable Giving Fund, please visit https://www.hargray.com/charitablegiving.
About Hargray
Hargray is a leading broadband communications provider and part of the Cable One family of brands, which serves more than 1 million residential and business customers across 24 states. Hargray provides consumers with a wide array of connectivity and entertainment services, including high-speed internet and advanced WiFi solutions, cable television and phone service.
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Michelle Portillo
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