Cox Communications continues to honor our commitments to Public
Education across the Heart of Florida:
Business Partners with
Eastside High School in Alachua County and Howard Middle School in
Marion County. We provide the schools with funding and in-kind
support such as free cable television and high speed Internet
service, public service announcements and much more. Cox
Communications has been named School Business Partner of the year
three times in Alachua County and once in Marion County.
Cox provides free cable
service to all schools in our coverage areas and Access Learning
magazines provided by Cable in The Classroom to ALL schools in
Marion and Alachua Counties.
Cox brings the C-SPAN
School Bus and Book TV Bus to area schools and libraries each year.
Cox hosts Teacher of the
Year programs in both counties.
Cox Communications
provides support as well for Volunteer of the Year awards and Non
Instructional Employee of the Year programs in both counties.
Rosey Moreno-Jones/Cox
Community Relations with Marion County
Golden Apple Teacher Aura Garcia and Superintendent of Schools Jim
Yancey
Cox Communications sponsors Festival of Trees each year in Marion
County as a fundraiser for the Public Education Foundation.
Cox takes part in area fundraisers for scholarships with Public
Education Foundations in both Alachua and Marion counties.
We provide scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in
Alachua and Marion County each year. In 2005 the scholarships went
to Ryan Clark of Belleview High , Alicia Kelsey of West Port High,
Kymiel Standifer of Santa Fe High School and Simone Teel of
Hawthorne High School.
Cox Public Affairs
Director with Kymiel Standifer
Alachua County Scholarship Recipient
In addition, Cox employees volunteer at various school based events
across our service areas, from festivals and dinners to career
fairs. Cox Business Services employees also put together toy drives
for children spending the Christmas Holidays in pediatric wards at
our area hospitals and school supply drives for homeless students
returning to school after summer vacation.
Cox has also partners with agencies such as United Way, American
Cancer Society, American Heart Association, March of Dimes, as well
as business and economic development organizations like the Greater
Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, Ocala Marion County Economic
Development Corporation and the Ocala Marion County Chamber of
Commerce. Partnerships with these agencies have included Addy Award
winning marketing campaigns.
Cox Communications partners with various agencies to bring live
televised Political Candidate Forums to the Heart of Florida in an
effort to educate and inform voters in Alachua and Marion Counties.
Our employee volunteer recognition program – Cox Community Champions
– honors one employee per quarter for their local volunteer efforts.
Since 2004 four Cox-Central Florida employees have gone on to be
Corporate Finalists and our 3rd Quarter 2005 Volunteer – Dave
Delisle – of Ocala – was named the corporate winner! Dave received
$500 from our local Cox Communications office and $2500 from Cox
Corporate for the charities of his choice. Cox Communications stays
involved with our communities because it makes a difference in the
lives of our customers and employees!
