2023 Community Champions Contest
Our ACA Connects Members are an important part of their communities. In addition to delivering reliable and affordable video and broadband services, they often lead initiatives that provide a helping hand to their neighbors and friends.
From volunteering at food banks, to organizing clothing drives, to donating school supplies to local children, our Members and their employees are engaged and committed to the well-being of their customers in the areas where they live and work.
In 2022, ACA Connects announced a Community Champions contest to showcase the service projects that our Members lead in their local communities. We are excited to launch this contest again for 2023 and are currently accepting nominations!
Members are encouraged to submit their company’s community service projects for this honor by completing the form on our website (see below). Nominations will be taken through August and will be included in one of the two issues of Independent Communications News (June and September), depending on the date of submission. All nominated projects will be listed on the Community Champions pages of the website for viewing. Beginning in September 2023, visitors to the Community Champions page can vote for a winner of this year’s award. The winning project will receive a $2,500 donation from ACA Connects to continue their projects.
At ACA Connects, we are proud to represent such a wonderful group of companies who see the value of investing in their communities and lifting up their neighbors. We’re excited to see the innovative and unique projects our members have developed in an effort to give back!
Questions regarding Community Champions?
Please contact Stacey Leech at [email protected].
Vote for the 2023 Community Champions Award
Our ACA Connects Members are an important part of their communities. In addition to delivering reliable and affordable video and broadband services, they often lead initiatives that provide a helping hand to their neighbors and friends.
From volunteering at food banks, to organizing clothing drives, to donating school supplies to local children, our Members and their employees are engaged and committed to the well-being of their customers in the areas where they live and work.
For 2022, we have 10 companies who have been nominated. Please vote for the community service project you would like to receive the $2500 award to continue their efforts. To view details on each project, scroll down further on this page. Voting will continue through October 31st and the winner will be announced early November.
2022 Community Champions Award Winner
Armstrong
Breaking Bread
Armstrong launched their Breaking Bread initiative to help feed the hungry in the communities Armstrong provides service on March 8, 2010. Armstrong customers and employees can drop off donations at local Armstrong locations.
In 2021, Armstrong customers and employees donated 42,292 pounds of food plus $26,838.33 in monetary donations and nearly 200 volunteer hours. These resources were routed to over 200 community feeding programs to help supply food to families who are experiencing food insecurity.
Hunger is a problem in all the communities that Armstrong serves and the Breaking Bread initiative strives to help more than simply donating food. Armstrong is committed to fighting hunger through a four-pronged approach: Collecting donations of food, volunteering time, donating money and raising awareness. Armstrong has donated thousands of branded commercials to promote this need in our communities, as well as via social media, email, and the Armstrong Neighborhood Channel.
In 2018, Armstrong added Avenge Hunger Month during September to help in its awareness efforts for local food programs. Over the past four years, Armstrong has helped to collect more than 160,000 pounds of food and nearly $75,000 in monetary donations to help support local feeding programs through Avenge Hunger Month events.
Armstrong is proud to be active in the communities throughout the six states we serve, making Breaking Bread one of Armstrong’s most important community services.
