Local Service Providers Make Big Impacts in Small Towns
January 5, 2022
When choosing a rural broadband service provider, it is important to consider all the ways local service providers make big impacts in small towns. Our experience is in providing telecommunications services (high-speed internet, security, and voice services) to Ganado, Louise, El Campo, Danevang, and Markham, Texas, so our decades of community involvement prepare us for […]
Read MoreThe Young Family Foundation Awards 2021 Scholarships
June 28, 2021
The Young Family Foundation — the nonprofit organization founded by the owning family of YK Communications — proudly announces its 2021 scholarship recipients. These six students reside in the YK Communications broadband Internet and voice service area and recently graduated from high school. Each plans to attend an accredited college or vocational school located in […]
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Back to School Bandwidth: Speed Students Need
August 24, 2018
School is back in session throughout our service area. The internet, and computer technology of all sorts, has become an extremely valuable tool in the pursuit of educating our children. From scrawling on stone tablets to manipulating touch-screen electronic tablets, kids now have access to far more information and are able to access it much […]
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The Young Family Foundation Awards 2018 Scholarships
June 5, 2018
The Young Family Foundation — the nonprofit organization founded in 2000 by YK Communications owners Raymond Young, Royce Young, and Paula Young Kacer — proudly announces its 2018 scholarship recipients: • Haylie Hicks, Janaya Carrasco, and Stephanie Kocian of Ganado High School • Shelbie Hendrix and Sanae Brandes of Louise High School • Malorie Aguilera of Tidehaven […]
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Markham, TX Organizations Receive 2017 Young Family Foundation Grants
October 26, 2017
Each year, the Young Family Foundation accepts grant applications and carefully selects recipients for community grants. The Young Family Foundation is pleased to announce the 2017 recipients out of Markham, TX: Team First Book - Matagorda County - $1,000 Markham Volunteer Fire Department - $2,500 Tidehaven ISD (for technology) - $1,500 [Photo coming soon.] Over the past 50 years, […]
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Ganado, TX Organizations Receive 2017 Young Family Foundation Grants
October 26, 2017
Each year, the Young Family Foundation accepts grant applications and carefully selects recipients for community grants. The Young Family Foundation is pleased to announce the 2017 recipients out of Ganado, TX: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Golden Crescent Region - $1,500 Ganado ISD GT Program, Elementary/Junior High - $1,500 Ganado Education Foundation - $5,000 Jackson County Hospital […]
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The Young Family Foundation Awards $1 Million in Local Grants and Scholarships
June 1, 2017
Local non-profit has served students in Ganado, Louise, Tidehaven, and El Campo with $1 million in educational funding The Young Family Foundation is thrilled to announce that they have awarded a total of $1 million in scholarships and grants, a major milestone for an organization that continues to serve students. The Young Family Foundation is […]
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Tidehaven Student Chosen as Candidate for FRS Youth Tour
February 19, 2017
The team at YK Communications is thrilled to announce that they have chosen a student for the FRS Youth Tour. YK Communications is a member of NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association. As part of this membership, YK Communications chooses one student to send to Washington, D.C., for an expenses-paid trip. Our 2017 FRS Youth […]
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Students Travel to D.C., Learn About Government and Telcos #ruraliscool
August 15, 2016
Each year since its inception in 1995, the Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour hosts high school students from across the United States in our nation's capital. These teens gather together in this historic and powerful location to learn more about how #ruraliscool and what powers our rural communities - telecommunications! The students have a […]
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