The Gowrie Fire Department was the recipient of the Aureon Charity Grant Program, funds will help purchase new turnout gear.
“Webster-Calhoun is proud to support our local emergency services,” said Boerner. “We have several employees that volunteer on local fire departments and we want to see them continue to be successful in providing these crucial services to our rural communities.”
Pictured are Marcie Boerner (Webster-Calhoun), Keith Streit (President of Gowrie Fire Board Agency), JD Siebert (Aureon).
The Aureon Charity Grant Program was established to increase service and support to rural independent telephone companies and the communities they serve. Applications are considered on a quarterly basis and available to organizations within the WCCTA service area.
_________________________________________________________________________
Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association provides Landline Telephone, Digital TV and Internet service to 16 rural communities on a Fiber driven network just outside the Fort Dodge, Iowa area: Pilot Mound, Boxholm, Lanyon, Paton, Churdan, Farnhamville, Gowrie, Somers, Moorland, Knierim, Barnum, Clare, Thor, Badger, Vincent, Duncombe and in the towns of Lohrville, Manson, Rockwell City, Lake City, and Rural Fort Dodge.
WCCTA is Gigabit Certified and designated a Smart Rural Community by NTCA: the Rural Broadband Association.