Fidelity Communications Awards $3,200 Grant to Lawton Family YMCA

Fidelity Communications Awards $3,200 Grant to Lawton Family YMCA

February 11, 2022 –Lawton, OK – Fidelity Communications, a member of the Cable One family of brands, recently awarded a $3,200 grant to Lawton Family YMCA through the company’s Charitable Giving Fund. Through this program, the company awarded more than $100,000 in grants during the winter of 2021 to 32 nonprofit organizations across its 24-state footprint.

Lawton Family YMCA, which provides a variety of programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all, received the grant from Fidelity to replace a commercial refrigerator to continue to use and store food for its youth camp participants in the summer.

"Each summer we serve more than 11,000 kids in our youth camps and to support our focus of youth development and that no child should go hungry, we provide meals and snacks throughout the day to our campers," said Frank Walker, Lawton Family YMCA CEO. "Thanks to the funding from this grant, we're able to purchase a new commercial refrigerator and continue to do what we can to fight childhood hunger in the Lawton community."

The Charitable Giving Fund annually awards more than $200,000 in grants to local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations served by Fidelity and the other Cable One family of brands (Sparklight®, ValuNet Fiber, and Hargray), and concentrates support in the following priority areas:

• Education and Digital Literacy
• Food Insecurity
• Community Development

Nonprofit organizations will have the opportunity to apply for a grant during open application periods each spring and fall. Applications for spring 2022 grants will open between April 1 -30, 2022.

“Through our philanthropic initiatives and support of our local nonprofit organizations, we are helping to build strong and vibrant communities, improve quality of life, and make a positive difference in the cities and towns where we live and work,” said Julie Laulis, Cable One President and CEO.

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 2,000 Chromebooks to help bridge the digital divide in schools that lack funding.
• Supporting national organizations dedicated to advancing racial equality, justice, education and diversity, including the Equal Justice Initiative, the Emma Bowen Foundation and the National Diversity Council.
• Supporting the mission of Special Olympics Arizona, 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. To date, the company has 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.

For more information about Fidelity’s Charitable Giving Fund, visit www.fidelitycommunications.com/charitablegiving.