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Spectrum joins hands with Boys & Girls Clubs

Grant provides digital connect program

T-G Staff Report
Posted 12/14/21

Nashville, Tenn.–Spectrum announced Thursday that the Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee has received a $30,000 Spectrum Digital Education grant for their Digital Connect Program.

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Spectrum joins hands with Boys & Girls Clubs

Grant provides digital connect program

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Nashville,Tenn.–Spectrum announced Thursday that the Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee has received a $30,000 Spectrum Digital Education grant for their Digital Connect Program, as part of its five-year, $7 million commitment to digital education in Spectrum communities across the country.

Representatives from Spectrum joined Bedford County Commissioner Greg Vick and club board members on Thursday for the check presentation. The total grant amount was $30,000, but there were five recipients, so the local club will receive $6,000.

“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.”

The grant funding will facilitate the Boys & Girls Clubs Digital Connect Program in five locations across the state including: Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County, Shelbyville; Boys & Girls Club of the Ocoee Region, Cleveland;Boys & Girls Club of Carter County, Elizabethton;Boys & Girls Club of Bluff City; Boys & Girls Club, Smoky Mountains, Seymour.

“I sincerely thank Spectrum for their investment in our Digital Connect Program,” said T. Ryan Hughes, executive director, Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee.“This grant allows us to purchase new technology and equipment and that will engage area youth through digital arts and STEM activities, financial literacy classes and allow them to explore college and careers. The program also makes the technology available to family and community members that need access to apply for jobs, or acquire job skills and who may not have access to a computer outside one of our clubs.”

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