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Anniston nonprofit expanding services to fund tech upgrades for local schools

An Anniston nonprofit that made high-speed Internet access possible for city schools wants to charge area businesses for the same service to fund more technology initiatives for local students. Anniston Fiber Optics, a nonprofit created in 2008 to provide broadband high-speed Internet access to Anniston schools, has hired Birmingham-based Slappey Communications to manage and expand […]

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Slappey Communications to Manage Anniston Fiber Optics

Fiber Optics network vital to local school, private entities and government expansion of broadband throughout Anniston and Calhoun County Anniston, Ala. – Birmingham-based Slappey Communications is managing Anniston Fiber Optics network and leasing the optical fiber. Anniston Fiber Optics, Inc. began as an initiative of the Stewart Family Foundation to provide broadband access to local […]

Stewart Family Foundation Gives $125,000 to Public Education Foundation of Anniston

Anniston Fiber Optics, Inc., a program sponsored by The Stewart Family Foundation, has matched the city of Anniston’s $125,000 donation to the Public Education Foundation of Anniston (PEFA). The total sum of $250,000 will be used to enhance classroom technology. “This donation will allow every classroom to have access to tablets, iClickers, and other tools […]

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Public Education Foundation of Anniston Receives $100,000.00 For Career Technology Program

Local lawyer and philanthropist, Donald W. Stewart and Anniston Fiber Optics, Inc. has donated $100,000.00 to the Public Education Foundation of Anniston (PEFA). Donald W. Stewart, Priscilla “LuLu” Stewart and their son, Taylor Stewart presented PEFA with a check for $100,000.00 on Friday, June 28, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Anniston High School. This donation […]

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