Spectrum Announces Partnership with ALU LIKE

Spectrum announced ALU LIKE received $50,000 through Spectrum Community Center Assist, the company’s, five-year, $30 million philanthropic initiative to revitalize local community centers and invest in job training programs in rural and urban underserved communities where Spectrum operates.

Spectrum kicked off the partnership with a revitalization event at the center located in Nanakuli, where employees and community volunteers set up a new technology center and made other improvements to the community center.

“Congratulations to ALU LIKE on your partnership with Spectrum,” said state Sen. Maile Shimabukuro. “With support from companies like Spectrum, ALU LIKE can continue improving community connections and quality of life in Hawaii, especially in the Native Hawaiian community.”

ALU LIKE received $50,000 to develop a job skills training program and facility improvements as Spectrum employee volunteers spent the day doing interior and exterior projects. Additionally, Spectrum will offer ALU LIKE its 1 Gig internet service, at no charge, for the life of the program.

ALU LIKE and Charter dedicated a new Spectrum Training and Technology Center at the community center. As part of that dedication, Spectrum also donated 50 new laptops to support the organization’s workforce development programs.

“ALU LIKE, Inc. is honored to partner with Charter Communications to launch the Spectrum Training and Technology Center, which enhances our ability to provide technology access and job training and development opportunities in Nanakuli,” said Mervina Cash-Kaeo, ALU LIKE President and CEO. “We are excited about the positive impacts and all the possibilities this partnership will foster in our community.”

“Community centers like ALU LIKE are hallmarks of our neighborhoods, where people go for support, shared experiences and develop new job skills or find new employment,” said Rahman Khan, Vice President of Community Impact for Charter Communications, Inc., which operates the Spectrum brand of Internet, TV, Mobile and Voice products. “Through our partnership, Spectrum Community Center Assist will help ALU LIKE provide essential employment training and resources to help the Oahu community.”

Spectrum launched Spectrum Community Center Assist in September 2021 to benefit local organizations providing critical community services and job training skills in underserved cities and towns across the company’s 41-state footprint. By 2025, Spectrum will invest $25 million plus $5 million of in-kind contributions to improve 100 community centers serving an estimated 50,000 local residents. More information about Spectrum Community Center Assist is available here.