Spectrum today announced that five different Boys & Girls Club organizations in Tennessee have each received $6,000 Spectrum Digital Education grants (totaling $30,000) as part of its five-year, $7 million commitment to digital education in Spectrum communities across the country.
Representatives from Spectrum joined Ryan Hughes, Executive Director for Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee to present a $6,000 check to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region (BGCOR) as a grant.
“We applaud the Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee for their broadband education initiatives and for helping us support efforts that promote digital literacy in Tennessee,” said Rahman Khan, Vice President of Community Impact for Charter Communications, Inc., which operates the Spectrum brand of broadband connectivity products. “Through this partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tennessee, the Spectrum Digital Education program is able to bring essential resources to those in need, and we look forward to working with them on this transformative project.”
In addition to BGCOR, other Club organizations in Tennessee to receive funding were:
- Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County, Shelbyville
- Boys & Girls Club of Carter County, Elizabethton
- Boys & Girls Club of Bluff City
- Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains, Seymour
“We are extremely grateful to Spectrum for their investment in Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee and to the Tennessee Alliance for choosing BGCOR to be part of this amazing program,” said Derrick Kinsey, Executive Director, BGCOR. “This grant allows us to purchase new technology and equipment for both our YouthForce (workforce development program) and our Teen Centers.”
Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee is one of 49 nonprofit organizations that Spectrum is supporting through 2021 Spectrum Digital Education grants. Since launching Spectrum Digital Education in 2017, Spectrum has donated $7 million in cash and in-kind contributions for digital literacy programs reaching nearly 70,000 people in 20 states and Washington, D.C.
