Cbeyond Recognized for Its Volunteer Efforts During the Aftermath of Hurricane Ike
Dec 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY):
What: | Cbeyond(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading IP-based managed services provider to small businesses, will be honored by Houston Mayor Bill White along with City Councilmembers Melissa Noriega and James Rodriguez December 16, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. CST at Houston City Hall for its volunteer efforts during the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. | |
| When Hurricane Ike hit the Houston area September 12, 2008, Cbeyond took swift action and reached out to its Houston-area employees to ensure they were safe. As the company's technical support team worked to restore service to its Houston-area customers, Cbeyond's management team asked its non-technical employees based in Houston to volunteer with Hurricane Ike recovery efforts. | ||
Working closely with local response teams, which included FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Transportation Security Administration, Cbeyond donated more than 900 volunteer hours in 12 days. During the recovery work, Cbeyond employees worked at five different point of distribution sites (PODS) over a two-week period. Two of these PODS were manned solely by Cbeyond employees, while a third served as the number one distribution point in the city for three days. Cbeyond employees distributed much-needed food, water, and supplies to more than 30,000 cars and 23,000 people. | ||
Where: | Houston City Hall | |
| 901 Bagby Street | ||
| Houston, TX 77002 | ||
When: | 2:00 p.m. CST, December 16, 2008 | |
About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading IP-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to more than 40,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry(R), broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network.
Cbeyond is committed to giving back to the communities in which it operates. Volunteerism is core to the company's culture, and has been since its inception. Cbeyond shares its "time, talent, and technology" with its local neighborhoods and communities. Cbeyond employees volunteer with local non-profit organizations and serve on non-profit boards as well as provide IT expertise to community organizations. Additionally, the company donates its signature communications package, BeyondVoice(R), an integrated package of local and long distance voice, high-speed Internet and mobile services, to its non-profit partners.
For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net.
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