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CHESAPEAKE, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Through electronic waste recycling events hosted by Cox Communications, more than 200,000 pounds of electronic waste were collected at three Virginia events. All events were held Saturday, April 24. The free events attracted more than 2000 residents who stopped by to properly dispose of old electronics ranging from calculators to computers to televisions. Events were held in Hampton Roads, Northern Virginia and Roanoke as follows: Hampton Roads:...
CHESAPEAKE, Va., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications and the UniverSoul Circus have once again teamed up to create a special performance to benefit Cox Charities and the Boys & Girls Clubs. Dubbed as "Boys & Girls Clubs/Cox Charities Day," this special circus show is on Saturday, May 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m. at the Military Circle Mall in Norfolk. UniverSoul Circus is donating $2.00 for every $16.50 ticket sold for this performance. All grandstand seats tickets for this show are...
HAMPTON, Va., April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Air quality in the skies above Hampton Roads will be monitored daily under a new partnership between NASA's Langley Research Center and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The agreement relocates the state agency's air-quality measurement operation to Langley following closure of the Hampton organization where it had been located, the Virginia School for the...
HAMPTON, Va., April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local space enthusiasts are counting down the days until this weekend's giant Yuri's Night celebration, to be held Saturday, April 10, from 7 p.m. to midnight, at the Virginia Air & Space Center in downtown Hampton. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) This is the tenth year that Yuri's Nights around the globe have commemorated two historic April space achievements. On April 12, 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin...
CHESAPEAKE, Va., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of Cox Communications and others in the Virginia cable industry, the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association (VCTA) announces the 2010-2011 Virginia's Future Leaders Scholarship Program. This year, $100,000 will be awarded to outstanding Virginia students attending Virginia colleges and universities across the Commonwealth. In 2009, seventeen students from Hampton Roads were awarded scholarships through the Virginia's Future Leaders...
CHESAPEAKE, Va., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- From April 1 through April 30, Cox will accept cell phones for recycling at its two Retail Solutions Stores in the Hampton Roads region. Cox and the USO of Hampton Roads are partnering on this cell phone recycling initiative for April, Earth Month. Proceeds from the recycling of phones will be used to provide wireless devices and/or phone cards to Hampton Roads-based soldiers and their families serving our country. The USO of Hampton Roads will...
CHESAPEAKE, Va., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications Hampton Roads is pleased to announce the launch of its official Facebook page. The new Facebook page provides updates on new promotions and service offerings, community activities, and provides an outlet for customers to communicate with the company through social media. Leigh Woisard, Cox Vice President of Public Affairs, said, "The use of social media - from blogs, to Facebook and Twitter accounts - has grown tremendously by our...
HAMPTON, Va., March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week high school robotics teams will face off against each other in a battle of minds and machines at the Virginia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Richmond. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The competition is an engineering challenge for students ages 14-18. Teams of students work closely with teachers and volunteer mentors, and have six weeks to design, build, program and test a robot to...
RICHMOND, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A $300,000 Verizon Foundation grant to the Gloucester Institute for its Emerging Leaders Program will help Virginia's future business, civic and political leaders acquire and refine the skills they'll need to meet tomorrow's challenges. At a news conference Wednesday (March 10) at the Virginia General Assembly Building to announce the grant, Verizon and Institute officials were joined by General Assembly members, representatives of Virginia's...
HAMPTON, Va., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's biggest space party is returning to Hampton Roads. Local space enthusiasts will join hundreds of others in cities around the globe for Yuri's Night, to be held locally April 10, from 7 p.m. to midnight, at the Virginia Air & Space Center in downtown Hampton. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Yuri's Night is an international celebration that commemorates two historic April space achievements. On...
