Cox Mobile, Cox Communications’ mobile phone service, is holding a Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) phone case design contest in which the grand prize winner will receive a $25,000 Cox Mobile scholarship.
Boys & Girls Club teens in Cox markets nationwide can submit phone case designs that capture their vision of the theme A World Within Reach.
The winning case design will be implemented and sold in Cox retail stores nationwide in 2025. Contest finalists will be announced in early 2025.
Cox Mobile’s contest celebrates Cox and Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s partnership, which began in the 1970s, and the 20th anniversary of Cox Innovation Labs, which were established to help narrow the digital divide.
Cox Innovation Labs offer a safe place where club members can tap into the internet, learn about robotics, discover 3-D printing, and receive assistance with homework, employment, and college prep.
This contest celebrates creativity and how kids can use technology to connect to new worlds, Cox said. Boys & Girls Club members entering the contest can use any creative medium to express what they see, believe, or feel when dreaming about connectivity’s impact on the world.
“We’re excited to expand upon our longstanding partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and tap into the creativity and vision of young minds,” said Colleen Langner, executive vice president/COO of Cox Communications and Southeast Trustee of Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
“Connectivity opens the door to endless possibilities, and Cox Mobile’s contest gives teens a platform to share their unique perspectives on how technology brings the world within reach,” she said.
“Access to today’s connected technology – when used safely and responsibly – gives kids new ways to explore, learn, interact, and most importantly follow their dreams,” said Mario Lopez, who serves on the judging panel with Mona Dixon. Both are Boys & Girls Clubs alumni.
Lopez is an actor, television/radio host, producer, and New York Times Best Selling author. A two-time Emmy winner, he is the host of NBC’s “Access Hollywood” and “Access Daily.”
Lopez, who lives in Los Angeles, concurrently hosts the national iHeart radio program “On with Mario Lopez” as well as his boxing/MMA podcast “The 3 Knockdown Rule” for UFC FightPass.
“Boys & Girls Clubs of America and its Cox Innovation Labs expanded my world,” said Dixon. “With Cox Mobile, the same, powerful world is within reach all the time. I look forward to celebrating the young minds that are using that access to drive positive change for themselves, their communities, and beyond.”
Dixon and her family lived on the streets and moved from one homeless shelter to another until she turned 13. She later received Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year Award, and was awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships and honored by President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
Essence Magazine named Dixon one of the Most Influential Black Women; and she was appointed by President Obama to serve as the youngest member of a U.S. Presidential Community Service Committee.
She recently did a 13-city tour with Grammy Award-winning artist Lauren Daigle, raising donations for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and local clubs.
For more about the phone case design contest, visit www.cox.com/phonecasecontest.