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PFN is honored to have sponsored the Michigan Young Hero Award at this year's Michigan Public Safety Telecommunications Annual Conference, coordinated by the Michigan Chapter of NENA: The 9-1-1 Association! This special award recognizes brave youth under 14 for exemplary 911 calls. Congratulations to this year's winner, Javay Bryant from Plymouth Township, for her courageous response during a family emergency! #MPSTC2024 Pictured (L to R) - Steve Teolis, PFN NG911 Technician, Phyllis Fuller, PFN NG911 Coordinator, Samantha Sturgis, Co-Chair of NENA Award Committee, Javay Bryant, Dave Plumb, Co-Chair of NENA Award Committee, Tim McKee, PFN NG911 Director, Brent LaJoie PFN NG911 technician

PFN is in the news! It was another exciting week for PFN! Earlier this week, a few of our PFN leaders and friends at 123NET previewed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Project to local community leaders in Benton Harbor at The Lake Michigan College Mendel Center. The $87 million project includes the construction of undersea routes between Charlevoix to Beaver Island to Gulliver in the UP, and Benton Harbor to Chicago, as well as overland fiber routes connecting Charlevoix to Grayling, Port Huron to Flint, and Benton Harbor to Grand Rapids. The project will help to bring high-speed internet to underserved Michigan communities and over 35,000 Michigan homes. We're honored to be a part of an incredible project that will prove to be a building block in providing reliable internet throughout Michigan!

Congratulations to our superstar team member and former US Speedskating standout Barry Winslow on his induction into the Midland County Sports Hall of Fame! Way to go and well deserved, Barry!!!!

Last week, some of our PFN and Winn Telecom leaders attended the Communities In Schools of Michigan 2024 Leadership in Education Fundraising Dinner hosted at the MGM Grand Detroit. PFN was delighted to be a sponsor at this incredible fundraising event, which honored the The Skillman Foundation for their work and commitment to advocating for Detroit's youth. A great time was had celebrating Michigan's students and learning about the positive impacts being made in our school communities right here in Michigan! PFN and Winn Telecom are #AllinforKids and helping Michigan's students achieve in life!

Exciting news from PFN! A congratulatory shoutout to one of our fearless PFN leaders, Tim McKee! Last week, Gretchen Whitmer announced she has reappointed Tim to a term on Michigan's State 9-1-1 Committee. Tim has been reappointed to represent members of the general public with expertise relating to telephone systems, rural health care concerns, or emergency radio communications, dispatching, and services, for a term commencing May 2, 2024, and expiring December 31, 2025. Our PFN family is so proud of the essential work that you do on a day-to-day basis. Kudos to you and your team for keeping our communities safe and continuing to promote the successful development, implementation, and operation of emergency 9-1-1 response systems across the state of Michigan. Thank you is not enough. Way to go, Tim!

It was all sun and smiles on Capitol Hill this week for our PFN team! A few of our PFN & Winn Telecom leaders attended the NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association Legislative and Policy Conference in Washington DC, which took place April 28–30 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The conference brings community-based providers together to hear the latest on federal telecom policy issues and to unite to advocate for their communities and the rural broadband industry. What an honor it was to stand next to Congressman Bergman as we work together and help shape the future of our communities!

It's National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), and in honor of all the remarkable work done by our country's emergency telecommunicators, our team at PFN would like to share this awesome "911 Telecommunicator Tree of Life" website! Each name submitted creates a “leaf” on the virtual tree, which represents telecommunicators and PSAPs that have been recognized by the 911 community or the public. NPSTW is a great time to celebrate your co-workers or a professional whom you may know in the Safety Telecommunications field by adding a leaf in their name and sharing their inspiring stories! Do you have someone you'd like to personally call out and thank for their service?! Here's your chance! Add their leaf to the tree and let the world know just how truly special they are! And on behalf of all of us at Peninsula Fiber Network, thank you ALL Public Safety Telecommunicators for the life-saving work that you do! You are appreciated!

This week is an extraordinarily meaningful week for us here at PFN. April 14th - April 20th, 2024 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), an important week on the calendar that honors and thanks those working in the Public Safety Telecommunications industry. At PFN, we are incredibly proud to partner with the skilled professionals who handle dispatch and NG-911 safety telecommunications in our region and throughout the United States. These dedicated professionals are the calm voices guiding citizens through storms of uncertainty every day. Thank you SO MUCH for all that you do! Take a moment to enjoy this video from Brian Tegtmeyer, Coordinator of NHTSA’s National 911 Program, as he offers support from the entire public safety community, recognizes the vital role of telecommunicators, and thanks them for being our country’s first responders. https://lnkd.in/gagawR_t

WE'RE HIRING! Come be part of our PFN + Winn Telecom family! Our business partner, Winn Telecom, is looking to hire a Customer Service Representative to join our growing team in Mt. Pleasant, MI. As a Customer Service Representative, you will become a vital part of a winning team. We focus on giving our customers the best service while keeping them connected to the world! Sound like you?! What are you waiting for? Click the link below to apply now! https://lnkd.in/gZC2EYmv

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