CableCares - A BIG Thanks
With your help, the CableCares charity program was able to raise more than $900,000 towards the re-vitalization of New Orleans during the ’08 Cable Show. A heartfelt thanks to the many sponsors and volunteers that planted trees, donated books, painted rooms, built playgrounds - and so much more. CableCares has made a lasting difference for the kids of New Orleans. A Big Thanks to all!
Check out the newly posted CableCares videos. And thank you to all the companies that helped support CableCares.
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Here's an update on all the great things that happened:
- Bringing Schools Back - See how volunteers and donors helped bring back Banneker Elementary with new technology and rewiring and also helped Sarah T. Reed High School with a beautification project.
- Rebuilding School Libraries - More than 20,000 books, CDs and educational DVDs were collected and donated to school and public libraries during the CableCares drive. Check out the pictures of Book Mountain!
- Rebuilding Playgrounds - See pictures of volunteers working with non-profit playground builder, KaBOOM! and students to build new playgrounds for Fannie C. Williams Elementary School and Sarah T. Reed Elementary School.
- Battle of the Bands Charity Fundraiser - Wow! This rockin’ event raised over $300,000 for the CableCares program – and it was a total blast. Check out the pictures! And a BIG congratulations to Xpanded Bandwidth of Cox Communications – winner of the Battle of the Bands competition.
- Hunt.Fish.Feed (sm) - Volunteers with The Sportsman Channel and Safari International helped prepare and serve more than 200 meals at Ozanam Inn.
- Other Good Work - In addition to the CableCares programs, other companies stepped up to give back to New Orleans.
Many of the donations in support of CableCares are tax deductible and should be made payable to The Cable Hope Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. If you wish to donate funds, but have no preference on which program you want to support, feel free to make a check payable to The Cable Hope Fund and we’ll put it to good use.
