What happened: Through Broadband for Good, Frontier is donating high-speed fiber internet to Blue Jacket, a nonprofit organization in Fort Wayne, Indiana that offers support and training to people facing barriers to employment.
What’s Broadband for Good: Broadband for Good is our commitment to advancing digital inclusion and strengthening the communities we serve. This program supports our purpose of Building Gigabit America by using our fiber technology and resources to connect more people to the digital society.
Why we chose Blue Jacket: Blue Jacket is a community-loved organization dedicated to helping people overcome barriers to employment by providing training courses and real-world work experience at its various locations in Fort Wayne, Indiana, including its coffee shop, thrift store and clothing store. With our donation of high-speed fiber internet, Blue Jacket program participants will be able to count on a seamless and reliable connection as they learn and develop important job skills—from conducting in person sales to managing e-commerce and promoting its mission online.
Hear from Frontier: “Broadband for Good is our way of giving back to organizations making a real difference in the communities we serve—organizations like Blue Jacket. When our team in Fort Wayne let us know about the work Blue Jacket is doing to expand access to job opportunities in the community, we jumped at the chance to donate our fiber internet to strengthen their mission,” said Erin Kurtz, Frontier’s Chief Communications Officer. “We’re proud to provide the fast, reliable connectivity that their organization and its program participants need to grow and thrive.”
Hear from Blue Jacket: “At Blue Jacket, we’re here to support anyone facing barriers to employment—whether that’s housing instability, limited education, or something else—in building confidence and independence. A lot of what we do happens online, so high-speed internet is essential for the fast-paced, hands-on training Blue Jacket Clients take on,” said Tony Hudson, Blue Jacket’s CEO. “We’re thankful to Frontier for donating high-speed fiber internet that supports our clients’ success and our efforts to expand our impact in Fort Wayne.”
About Frontier
Frontier is the largest pure-play fiber provider in the U.S. Driven by our purpose, Building Gigabit America®, we deliver blazing-fast broadband connectivity that unlocks the potential of millions of consumers and businesses. For more information, visit www.frontier.com.
About Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket’s mission is to provide training and opportunities to anyone with a barrier who is striving to earn gainful employment. The organization, which opened its doors in 2005, envisions that anyone with a barrier to employment will be restored with hope and provided capacity to obtain and retain employment because of Blue Jacket’s vast network and resources of support including social enterprises like the Tall Rabbit Café, Blue Jacket Clothing Co, reNEW by Blue Jacket, Blue Jacket Cleaning, Blue Jacket Staffing, and Blue Jacket’s Fantasy of Lights.
