RCN and Chicago Cares: Partners in Community Service Help Renovate Blessed Sacrament Youth Center.RCN RCN n abbr (= Royal Canadian Navy) → kanadische Marine Volunteers Participate in Project This Saturday That Will Transform Section of Youth Development Center into a Children's Reading/Library Area CHICAGO -- RCN Corporation RCN Corporation, (NASDAQ: RCNI), founded in 1993 and based in Herndon, Virginia, is the first American facilities-based competitive provider of bundled telephone, cable television and high speed Internet service delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to consumers in (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : RCNI), a leading provider of video, data, and voice services to residential, business and commercial/carrier customers, announced today that employee volunteers will participate this Saturday in a Chicago Cares project to help renovate Blessed Sacrament Youth Center. Located in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West side of Chicago, BSYC has more than 300 registered youth who participate in center activities that include tutoring, basketball, computer lab, arts & crafts, rollerblading, and job training. BSYC's mission is to create an environment where youth of all ages can work and play together to promote moral values and to develop the maturity and skills needed to become responsible adults and leaders. "We are proud to once again team up with Chicago Cares to offer our continued support and commitment to Chicago neighborhoods," said Tom McKay, general manager and vice president of RCN Chicago. "It is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to know that the volunteer efforts of our employees can make a difference in getting the center reopened and helping create a better environment for local children." The center has been temporarily closed since it moved to its current location, an old church that was completely gutted and required a large amount of renovations. The staff at BYSC BYSC Beaumont Youth Soccer Club (Beaumont, TX) BYSC Baha'i Youth Service Corps has been working hard to complete the much needed renovations such as painting, flooring and converting the first floor into a recreation area. RCN volunteers will completely transform a section of the old church basement into a reading/library area for the children that utilize the building. Volunteers will build bookshelves, create door partitions to section off this area, and construct two reading benches. In addition, volunteers will paint literacy murals that will encourage kids to read. Lastly, volunteers will sort-out, organize and label the books so they can be easily managed by the agency. About RCN RCN Corporation, www.rcn.com, is one of the largest facilities-based competitive providers of bundled cable, high-speed internet See broadband. and phone services delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to residential, small business and commercial customers in the most densely populated markets in the U.S. RCN provides service in the Boston, Chicago, Eastern Pennsylvania, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and Washington, D.C. metropolitan markets. One of its divisions, RCN Business Services provides bulk video, high-capacity data and voice services to small and medium business customers. While its other commercial division, RCN Metro Optical Networks, is dedicated to meeting the fiber-based network requirements of Enterprise, Wholesale Telecom and Government accounts. About Chicago Cares Chicago Cares is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that provides opportunities for individuals and businesses to improve the Chicago community through participation in creative, structured group volunteer programs designed to address Chicago's most pressing needs. Chicago Cares develops 200 hands-on group volunteer projects each month serving children, adults and seniors in need, as well as the environment. Our innovative format gives people the opportunity to work on projects on a flexible basis and has attracted thousands of active volunteers. Chicago Cares is an affiliate of Points of Light & Hands on Network The Hands on Network is a non-profit volunteer organization focusing on community service that is based in Atlanta, Georgia. About According to their website, Hands On Network coordinates a number of "Hands On cites" across the United States. , a growing alliance of innovative volunteer management and mobilization organizations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the U.K. and other countries. (RCNI-G) |
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