Cox donates $105K to nonprofits providing STEAM services to youths
JOE PRATT is the CEO and executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Newport County, which recently received a grant from Cox Communications. / COURTESY COX COMMUNICATIONS
WEST WARWICK – As part of its annual Cox Charities Day, Cox Communications gave $105,000 in grant money to local organizations committed to providing science, technology, engineering, arts and math education to youths.
Recipients included: Boys & Girls Club of Newport County, Connecting for Children and Families, DownCity Design, STEAM Box, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island and Center for Dynamic Learning.
According to a statement from Cox, elected officials, community partners and business leaders assisted in choosing recipients for the grants, which provide after-school and summer-learning programs. One, for example, will use its grant money to build an off-the-grid tiny home constructed from a recycled storage container, Cox offic
Ruggerio chief of staff leaving for job with Cox Communications Published Thu Feb 11 2021 02:03:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Ian Donnis
Stephen Iannazzi, a longtime Statehouse staffer who most recently served as chief of staff to Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, is leaving to take a job as Northeast director of government affairs for Cox Communications.
Iannazzi’s departure is one of a series of staff changes announced by the Senate.
Jake Bissaillon, currently legal counsel to Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey, will succeed Iannazzi as Ruggerio’s chief of staff; Nicole M. Verdi is poised to succeed the retiring Richard G. Sahagian as the Senate’s chief legal counsel.
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