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March 18, 2022<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Contact Information:<\/strong> Natalie Straight, Director of Marketing [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n REV awards employee-guided REVolutionizing Communities grants to local non-profit, Bless Your Heart<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Employees across REV\u2019s South Louisiana markets vote to award philanthropic support to local community organizations<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Larose, La.<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>REV<\/span><\/a><\/span>\/<\/span>REV Business<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is proud to announce that\u00a0<\/span>Bless Your Heart<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0has been selected as a winner of the company\u2019s newly-launched REVolutionizing Communities grants program and will receive $4,000.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 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 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMatching our continued dedication to the bayou with our employees\u2019 overwhelming pride of place, the awarding of these funds is just one more example of a team who is willing to give back and affect local change,\u201d said Peter Louviere, CFO of REV\/REV Business. \u201cEven more fitting is that our employees selected Bless Your Heart \u2013 an organization who is doing so much for our still-recovering community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 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 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Additionally, employees residing in the company\u2019s Shreveport\/Bossier market \u2013 where the company\u2019s data center, VENYU, has a presence in addition to a Baton Rouge-based facility \u2013 also had the chance to vote on a selection of local non-profits.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The winner for REV\u2019s River Region was\u00a0<\/span>Child Advocacy Services<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Drawing a tie,\u00a0<\/span>Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Volunteer Ascension<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0were REV\u2019s Capital Region winners and\u00a0<\/span>The Humane Society of Northwest Louisiana<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0was the winner for VENYU\u2019s Shreveport\/Bossier market.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bless Your Heart\u2019s mission is to enrich lives and inspire hope by addressing social, educational and financial needs in the Bayou Region. For more information about Bless Your Heart, visit:\u00a0<\/span>www. blessyourheartnonprofit.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For more information about REV\/REV Business and the provider\u2019s new brand and continued commitment to localism, please visit\u00a0<\/span>www.letsrev.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 New Name. Same Company.<\/span><\/p>\n About REV\/REV Business<\/b> ###<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2022Contact Information:Jeremy Theriot, Director of Community Relationsand Business Development225-315-8294, jeremy.theriot@letsrev.com Natalie Straight, Director of Marketing225-621-4320, natalie.straight@letsrev.comREV awards employee-guided REVolutionizing Communities grants to local non-profit, Bless Your Heart Employees across REV\u2019s South Louisiana markets vote to award philanthropic support to local community organizations Larose, La.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0REV\/REV Business\u00a0is proud to announce that\u00a0Bless Your […]<\/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-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189","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=2189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsrev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Jeremy Theriot, Director of Community Relations
and Business Development
225-315-8294, jeremy.theriot@letsrev.com<\/a><\/p>\n
225-621-4320, natalie.straight@letsrev.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so very thankful to REV for donating these funds to our organization,\u201d said Jeray Jarreau, founder and director of Bless Your Heart. \u201cREV\u2019s continued support of our organization exemplifies their commitment to our community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
Established in 2020 and rebranded in 2022,\u00a0<\/span>REV<\/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>VENYU<\/span><\/a><\/span>, a premier provider of cloud hosting, data center and data protection services. VENYU operates a network that spans coast to coast with data centers and partners in Louisiana and across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n