Community Champions Program 

For the past 20 years the company has been heavily focused on giving back to the community in the area of Education. Programs like Cable in the Classroom and Star Teacher Awards have been closely linked with company’s image in the community. Additionally, within each Bright House division there are additional focus areas which reflect the priorities of each local community.

Every year, Bright House Networks provides a significant amount of resources to local communities in the form of cash and in-kind. In addition to our treasure, the company also provides opportunities for employees to give their time and talent. A significant amount of our management level employees serve on boards of community organization, either on behalf of the company or because of their own passion and commitment to that cause, or volunteer for company sponsored volunteer opportunities with partner organizations. Through the Community Champions Program Bright House Networks is helping strengthen employee involvement in the community.

The Bright House Networks Community Champions program is geared specifically at providing employees training on how to be an effective and contributing board member. The overall goal of this program is to train and inspire management level employees to take leadership roles in nonprofit organizations that are within the company’s established focus areas.

Bright House Networks understands that serving on a nonprofit board is no simple task. There are a lot of challenges our community organizations face on a daily basis. We are pleased to begin working with the Rollins College Center for Philanthropy and the Tampa Bay Center for Philanthropy to offer a customized training program to employees serving on boards. Employees will serve on boards of nonprofits related to issues they personally care about, and are also encouraged to serve on boards within the following focus areas where the company provides support in the community:

Youth Development Organizations

Investing in our youth is a core component of our strategy. Bright House Networks recognizes that we must ensure the future we hope for by investing in today’s youth. Youth are the future leaders of our company, our community and our world.

The organizations or programs supported by Bright House Networks are ones that work to build character and develop leadership and social skills among children and youth during the after-school timeframe, adult matching programs, other youth leadership programs, and youth community service clubs. Organizations may include but are not limited to the following:

• Boys & Girls Clubs
• YMCA
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Junior Achievement
• Girl Scouts
• Police Athletic League

Education Organizations

Education is the key to building and sustaining a strong vibrant community. Bright House Networks is committed to ensuring educational opportunities in order to guarantee a well informed future customer base and a literate workforce.

Under our education umbrella, Bright House Networks supports the work of formally constituted educational institutions and organizations or activities that administer or support those institutions; libraries; organizations whose primary purpose is to provide opportunities for supplementing and continuing education outside the framework of formal education institutions; and organizations that provide educationally related services to students and schools, e.g., educational testing services, scholarship programs, drop-out prevention and programs designed to increase parent participation in the schools. Organizations may include but are not limited to the following:

• Local Colleges and Universities
• Public Libraries
• Foundations Public Schools
• Adult Literacy Organizations

Community Improvement/Capacity Building Organizations

The products and services provided by Bright House Networks touch every aspect of life in our community. Therefore, our company is dedicated to developing communities where quality of life is preeminent, businesses thrive and our employees and customers lead full enriched lives.

Bright House Networks supports organizations or activities that work to strengthen, unify and build community spirit and increase the capacity of various community organizations to improve the quality of life for all, including community and neighborhood development and improvement services, urban and rural economic development programs, business services and services to improve or develop commercial enterprises within communities, services to enhance or improve the performance of nonprofit organizations, and services to recruit, train and place volunteers in community organizations and community service clubs. Organizations may include but are not limited to the following:

• Economic Development Commissions
• Chambers of Commerce
• Urban Leagues
• Workforce Development Organizations
• United Way Organizations
• Community Foundations
• Junior Leagues