{"id":2173,"date":"2022-03-17T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2022-10-06T02:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T07:26:12","slug":"revolutionizing-grant-non-profit-child-advocacy-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/revolutionizing-grant-non-profit-child-advocacy-service\/","title":{"rendered":"REV awards employee-guided REVolutionizing Communities grants to local non-profit, Child Advocacy Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h6>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h6>\n<p>March 16, 2022<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong>\nJeremy Theriot, Director of Community Relations\nand Business Development\n225-315-8294, <a href=\"mailto:jeremy.theriot@letsrev.com\">jeremy.theriot@letsrev.com<\/a>\n\nNatalie Straight, Director of Marketing\n225-621-4320, <a href=\"mailto:natalie.straight@letsrev.com\">natalie.straight@letsrev.com<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p><span><b>REV awards employee-guided REVolutionizing Communities grants to local non-profit, Child Advocacy Services<\/b><\/span><span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Employees across REV\u2019s South Louisiana markets vote to award philanthropic support to local community organizations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Reserve, La.<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/\"><span>R<\/span><span>EV<\/span><\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>REV Business<\/span><\/a><span><a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>is proud to announce that\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/childadv.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Child Advocacy Services<\/span><span><\/span><\/a><span><a href=\"https:\/\/childadv.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0(CAS)<\/a> has been selected as a winner of the company\u2019s newly-launched REVolutionizing Communities grants program and will receive $4,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The awarding of these philanthropic dollars is the culmination of a recent employee engagement campaign where REV teammates from all departments were given a week to vote on a slate of local non-profits making a difference in their respective communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChild Advocacy Services is very honored by the generosity of staff through REV to make our community safer and stronger!\u201d said Rob Carlisle, CEO of Child Advocacy Services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are very proud to support Child Advocacy Services, whose mission is immensely beneficial to the most important people in the community \u2013 our children.\u201d said Josh Descant, CEO of REV\/REV Business. \u201cAnd it\u2019s especially rewarding to put the power of this giving into the hands of our employees who are very passionate about their local community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis employee-guided grants program is a powerful illustration of our company\u2019s and our employees\u2019 promise to localism,\u201d said Scott Small, executive vice president of operations \u2013 REV\/REV Business \u2013 River Region market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Voting by employees in each of the provider\u2019s three current markets \u2013 Bayou Region (Lafourche Parish, Terrebonne Parish and Grand Isle), River Region (St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes) and the Capital Region (Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville and Livingston parishes) \u2013 concluded over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Additionally, employees residing in the company\u2019s Shreveport\/Bossier market \u2013 where the company\u2019s data center, VENYU, has a presence in addition to the Baton Rouge-based facility \u2013 also had the chance to vote on a selection of local non-profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Winners from REV\u2019s other markets will be announced later this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>The Children\u2019s Advocacy Center opened in 1997 with the mission to reduce the number of interviews abused children go through when experiencing something as profound and traumatic as being separated from their parents, guardians and families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>The organization serves abused and neglected children in ten parishes to include the 21<sup style=\"font-size: 10px;\">st<\/sup>, 23<sup style=\"font-size: 10px;\">rd<\/sup>, 29<sup style=\"font-size: 10px;\">th<\/sup>\u00a0and 40<sup style=\"font-size: 10px;\">th<\/sup>\u00a0Judicial Districts as well as Ascension, Assumption, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, and Tangipahoa Parishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>For more information about The Children\u2019s Advocacy Center and Child Advocacy Services, please visit:\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/childadv.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.childadv.net<\/a>.<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>For more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/\">REV<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REV Business<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a> and the provider\u2019s new brand and continued commitment to localism, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/\"><span>www.letsrev.com<\/span><\/a><span><\/span><span>\u00a0\u2013 New Name. Same Company.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><b>About REV\/REV Business<\/b><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Established in 2020 and rebranded in 2022,\u00a0<\/span><span>R<\/span><span>EV<\/span><span>\/<\/span><span>REV Business<\/span><span>\u00a0is the combined parent company of Reserve Telephone Company (RTC), EATEL\/EATEL Business and Vision Communications. The combined company, with more than 150 years of collective communications service, operates as Louisiana\u2019s largest, privately-owned, telecommunications network with over 2,790 miles of fiber and nearly 400 employees serving more than 60,000 customers. In addition, the company also operates\u00a0<\/span><span>VENYU<\/span><span>, a premier provider of cloud hosting, data center and data protection services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venyu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VENYU<\/a> operates a network that spans coast to coast with data centers and partners in Louisiana and across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span>###<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2022Contact Information: Jeremy Theriot, Director of Community Relations and Business Development 225-315-8294, jeremy.theriot@letsrev.com Natalie Straight, Director of Marketing 225-621-4320, natalie.straight@letsrev.comREV awards employee-guided REVolutionizing Communities grants to local non-profit, Child Advocacy Services Employees across REV\u2019s South Louisiana markets vote to award philanthropic support to local community organizations Reserve, La.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0REV\/REV Business\u00a0is proud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}