As a company, we strive to make a difference in the communities where we provide service. RCN continues to bring competition, better prices, premier programming, high-value bundles, superior services (including one of the fastest Internet connections in the market), and quality customer care to residents in our service areas. As a competitor to the telecom and cable giants, we feel it is also important to champion and support the local communities we serve. Our goal is to be viewed by our customers as their hometown service provider – a company that cares. We care about our customers, our employees, our investors, and we seek to be an outstanding corporate citizen in the communities where we live and provide service. This corporate citizenship is evident in our charitable giving, as well as in the local sponsorships we’ve created as part of our community relations/ commercial partnership efforts. Charitable GivingOne way that RCN fulfills its commitment to corporate citizenship is through corporate philanthropy, supporting a broad range of nonprofit organizations and their initiatives. These include arts and culture, health and human services, education, environmental and civic—and help enhance the quality of life of individuals living in our Boston, Chicago, Eastern Pennsylvania, New York and Washington, D.C. markets. To support as many worthy programs and organizations as possible, RCN typically partners with broad-based charities such as the United Way. In many cases, we are able to promote the goals of these organizations through in-kind cable TV advertising space donations that reach our expansive subscriber base. In addition, our market teams support the local chapters of a number of charities through monetary and in-kind donations. 
United Way of AmericaRCN Corporation renewed its commitment to the United Way in 2009, giving $3 Million of donated cable television time. It’s also continuing an annual company-wide employee-giving campaign with corporate matching contributions. 
Alzheimer’s AssociationIn 2009, RCN donated more than $210,000 in cable television time to the Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area Chapter. The company also partnered with the Chapter on community events including its National Memory Walk in Washington, D.C. 
American Diabetes AssociationThe American Diabetes Association received $25,000 in donated cable television time from RCN in 2009 to promote the Tour de Cure fundraising cycling event and the Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes fundraising event. 
Pennsylvania Stoners Sports AcademyRCN's PA market is a proud sponsor of the Pennsylvania Stoners Sports Academy (PSSA) and the Pennsylvania Stoners, the recently re-formed Lehigh Valley Minor League soccer team. PSSA was formed to address local unfulfilled soccer and sports opportunities due to a lack of training or funds. Its purpose and goal is to improve the environment of local youth sports in the community. Organized by a board of directors, PSSA supports the Lehigh Valley community by forming youth training clinics and camps, which are staffed by the local college and high school players competing on the Pennsylvania Stoners soccer team. The team started league play in 2008 in the Northeast Division of the National Premier Soccer League, finishing their first season as 2008 NPSL national champions. Community Relations/Commercial PartnershipsRCN encourages its employees to be socially active and to volunteer their time to improve the well being of the communities where they live and work. The company also sponsors a number of local programs that give back to the community. In addition, RCN has a number of commercial partnerships with local sports and entertainment facilities and programs, which reinforce our goal to help promote the concepts of competition and choice. 
D.C. UnitedRCN is an Official Sponsor and Corporate Partner of Washington's Major League Soccer team, D.C. United. RCN is also a presenting sponsor of the team's Community Soccer Series, which consists of five youth soccer clinics led by D.C. United players in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, and is a sponsor of their Premier Youth Soccer Tournament Series. 
The Patriot CenterRCN is an official sponsor of the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Located on the campus of Northern Virginia's George Mason University, the Patriot Center is a 10,000-seat arena that hosts George Mason basketball games, commencement ceremonies, and a wide variety of performances and special events. Contribution GuidelinesRCN has established a set of charitable giving guidelines to assist 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations seeking cash or in-kind donations. RCN also encourages its employees to take part in the communities in which they work and live by volunteering their time and talents to local chapters of their favorite charity or organizations bettering their neighborhoods or improving the lives of others. |
