Cox Charities will award over $50,000 in grants to Southeast Region Nonprofits
Organizations can apply for grants up to $5,000 Cox Communications employees will award $50,000 to various nonprofits across the company’s Southeast footprint through employee-funded Cox Charities Community Investment grants. Grant applications are now being accepted from 501(c)(3) organizations at www.CoxCharitiesSER.org through September 20, 2020. Applicants…
Women’s Suffrage
A few months ago, a friend reminded me that this August, the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was coming up. This amendment, ratified on August 18th, 1920, gave American women the right…
A Mom’s Letter that Changed History!
By David Triana From 1878 to 1918, the proposed amendments to provide universal suffrage for women failed to achieve the needed two-thirds vote. The U.S. Constitution’s Article V requires a two-thirds vote by both houses of Congress for a proposed…
Saving Grace Women’s Home – Florida
By David Triana A wonderful and much needed facility is coming soon to Okaloosa County! The lead organization for this project is Saving Grace Women’s Home based in Houston, Texas, which has operated a recovery center successfully for many years. They…
DIGNITY, GENTLENESS, RESPECT
By David Triana The words in the title of this column were consistently used by Ravi Zacharias when he would talk about how we should handle discussions with others who may not necessarily agree with us on things and especially,…
James M. Cox Foundation Donates $25,000 to Feeding the Gulf Coast
Source: Cox Press Release, May 28, 2020 Pensacola – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive are working together to help feed families in Northwest Florida through Feeding the Gulf Coast with a $25,000 donation from The James M. Cox Foundation. The grant will support…
The Apa Sherpa Foundation
Source: Apa Sherpa Foundation website Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa was born in Thame, a village in the Everest region of Nepal near the Chinese border. At the age of 3 months, he and his mother were caught in an avalanche and…