Kinetic Supports Local Youth by Donating Back-to-School Resources to the Fort Bend Rainbow Room

By: Windstream Holdings via Business Wire

July 25, 2025 at 09:30 AM EDT

Kinetic sponsored 20 children’s back-to-school needs with a donation to the Fort Bend Rainbow Room
The Rainbow Room is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping youth and families in times of need

Kinetic, a local residential and business fiber internet provider, has donated necessary back-to-school supplies to the Fort Bend Rainbow Room in a powerful show of community support. The Rainbow Room will use the donations to help support the emergency and transitional services and supplies they provide for children, families and adults in partnership with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

The Fort Bend Rainbow Room is a nonprofit organization that was established by former First Lady Laura Bush in 1998. It is a resource room stocked with snacks, unopened diapers, unused school supplies, new clothes, toiletries, toys and other items frequently needed to meet the needs of families in crisis and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This donation comes as families prepare for the upcoming school year and children served by the Rainbow Room potentially face uncertainty and hardship. Kinetic’s contribution includes shirts, pants, jackets and other essential items, as well as resources, helping these students walk into the classroom confident and ready to learn.

“We’re proud to support the Fort Bend Rainbow Room in their mission to provide stability and comfort to vulnerable children, youth and adults across Fort Bend,” said Danny Ferguson, president of Kinetic Operations in Texas. “At Kinetic, community matters. We believe every child deserves the opportunity to succeed—especially in the classroom.”

In addition to providing clothing, Kinetic made a donation to the Rainbow Room’s Back-to-School Project, ensuring up to 20 children will receive a full school sponsorship. Each sponsorship provides students with four uniform shirts, four pairs of uniform pants, shoes, socks, underwear, a package of school supplies and a backpack, helping them start the school year off on the right foot.

“The Fort Bend Rainbow Room serves hundreds of children annually, and back-to-school donations like this make a lasting impact on their emotional and academic well-being,” said Colleen Fox, the Rainbow Room’s community programs manager. “Partners like Kinetic help us bring hope and tangible support to children who need it most.”

Throughout the year, the Fort Bend Rainbow Room offers various programs where local organizations and communities can get involved to ensure local children and families have what they need. The Rainbow Room hosts events like golf and bowling tournaments, luncheons and donation drives during back-to-school and Christmas to help raise awareness of the importance of year-round donation opportunities. A full list of programs, wish lists, events and more can be found on its website.

Kinetic’s donation is part of the company’s broader mission to be more than an internet provider—it strives to be a true community partner.

About Kinetic: Kinetic, a Windstream company, offers fiber-based broadband to residential and small business customers in 18 states. The company’s quality-first approach connects customers to new opportunities and possibilities by delivering a full suite of advanced communications services. Kinetic is one of three brands managed by Windstream. The company also offers managed cloud communications and security services to mid-to-large enterprises and government entities across the U.S. as well as customized wavelength and dark fiber solutions to carriers, content providers and hyperscalers in the U.S. and Canada. Windstream is a privately held company headquartered in Little Rock, Ark. Additional information about Kinetic is available at www.gokinetic.com or windstream.com.

About FBRR: Fort Bend Rainbow Room is a resource room stocked with snacks, diapers, school supplies, clothes, toiletries, toys and other items frequently needed to meet the emergency needs of families in crisis. Our philosophy is that abused and neglected children and adults do not deserve used items, so only new items are stocked. Getting new items can have a significant impact on the children in helping them feel cared for and fit in with their peers at school. The Room is available to caseworkers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for any of our clients. Prior to the establishment of Fort Bend Rainbow Room, local caseworkers frequently used their own funds to meet these needs, while waiting for permanent funding solutions. Many of these expenditures were not reimbursable; nevertheless, most caseworkers could not refuse to clothe or feed hungry children that had just been rescued from abusive and/or neglectful homes. Rainbow Room is able to meet these immediate needs with support from the community. For more information, please visit our website at www.fbrr.org

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