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 Our Programs
are open to communities in the service area of OPASTCO members. To find the OPASTCO member in your area contact your local telephone company. |
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In 1989, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO) created the Foundation for Rural Education and Development (FRED) to address the educational and developmental needs of rural areas. The Foundation's mission is to sponsor programs and activities that improve the educational, social and economic conditions of rural areas. FRED carries out this mission by raising funds to sponsor scholarships, awards and programs that directly benefit rural America.
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FRED is a charitable foundation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. |
| FRED is committed to OPASTCO members, their communities and their children and recognizes the importance of telecommunications to a thriving future in our cherished rural areas. Today's rural telephone companies and cooperatives are the future of rural America. FRED exists to help telephone companies promote rural development and play an important role in the future of their communities. Through telecommunications and the expanded use of computers and the Internet, rural communities are becoming choice locations for many businesses and their employees. Businesses that were at one time technologically restricted to urban locations are now choosing to relocate to rural areas. FRED salutes the OPASTCO members who provide the modern, sophisticated telecommunications needed to keep rural America connected. As the next century unfolds, look for FRED to be in the forefront, supporting rural America with new programs that promote community involvement, business cooperation and improved rural education and economic development. |
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