Connected Nation Gives Back
Employee Service Hours: 722
Employee Donations: $3775.25
Back to the Roots: Helping Our Home-Towns
WebTeamBowling Green, KY. (August 15, 2018) – Meet our Director of Engineering and Technical Services, Chip Spann. Spann does work nationwide for Connected Nation, but doesn’t forget to take time to serve those in his home state of Kentucky. ...
CN and the Salvation Army
WebTeamConnected Nation’s staff not only works to bring opportunities to all people through #broadband but we also believe in supporting the work of other nonprofits in our communities. Pictured: Samantha Bailey and Dawn Clark as they...
‘Feed the Need’ Food Drive
WebTeamConnected Nation’s office located in Bowling Green, Kentucky participated in United Way’s ‘Feed the Need’ food drive. During this activity, employees are encouraged to collect non-perishable food items to be donated to local food...
Connected Nation Gives GIS Scholarship
WebTeamConnected Nation awarded a $500 scholarship to a Western Kentucky University (WKU) student with a declared major in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)....
Connected Nation and Hunger Relief
WebTeamConnected Nation provided support to many organizations focusing on Hunger Relief. Employees, consultants, and partners are encouraged to raise funds and donate their time and talents to the Hunger Relief organization of his/her...
Connected Nation with Habitat for Humanity
WebTeamConnected Nation supported Habitat for Humanity, donating time, materials, money and labor in towns across the United States....
Connect Ohio at the Boys & Girls Club
WebTeamConnect Ohio presented the children of the Boys & Girls Club of Clermont County with 10 computers donated on behalf of the Connect Appalachia Broadband Initiative Fund (CABI)....
Connected Nation and The CKK
WebTeamConnected Nation supported The Center for Courageous Kids (CCK) to help aid its efforts in doing amazing things in the lives of medically fragile children. The campaign raised more than $10,000 in financial donations, and employees...
Connect Ohio Supported United Way
WebTeamConnect Ohio employees supported the local United Way by providing entertainment Coshocton’s United Way kick-off event, Taste of Coshocton County....
Destiny Academy
WebTeamConnected Nation supported Destiny Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in developing a fully functioning computer lab. The campaign raised $5000 in financial donations allowing Destiny Academy to purchase 7 computers and provide Internet...
United Way’s Day of Caring
Annually, Connected Nation staff across the country participates in United Way’s Day of Caring. Day of Caring is a community-wide, structured volunteer opportunity that provides participants with a variety of individual and team volunteering. The event takes place across the country allowing remote staff to be involved.
Season of Giving Campaign
Each December, Connected Nation employees are challenged to show their giving spirit by volunteering for local charities. The following local charities have benefited from Connected Nation’s Season of Giving campaign:
- The Salvation Army
- Habitat for Humanity
- Low-income families in rural Ohio
- Amethyst, Inc.
For example, in 2012, about a dozen employees took to the streets of Bowling Green, KY for a day of bell ringing for the Salvation Army and employees at the Columbus, OH office adopted a family through Amethyst, Inc. And, in 2013, Connected Nation employees collected more than $2,700 in gift cards for ten families affected by job loss in Ohio to help them buy food, fuel, clothes, and gifts for Christmas.Â
Stewardship Efforts
Stewardship and responsibility are at the core of Connected Nation’s mission. Our programs are aimed at enabling people and communities to improve their lives. Beyond the practical impact of resource conservation, stewardship is an important way to promote and experience our organizational purpose. Learn more about these efforts below.
Green Initiatives
Connected Nation employees are encouraged to be as "green" as possible in their home and workplace. In an effort to support these activities, Connected Nation has been highlighting green strategies and practices in our Connected Nation offices.