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Penn Yan, NY – YMCA Camp Cory is excited to announce the installation of a brand-new solar array on their dining hall roof. Camp Cory partnered with Everybody Solar, an organization dedicated to providing solar energy to nonprofits.
“As a non-profit, having partners like Everybody Solar allows us to really focus on our mission of making a difference in the lives of as many individuals as we can,” said Pat Foster, Executive Director of YMCA Camp Cory. “This solar array gives us the ability to finically support children that come to camp, while also helping to minimize our carbon footprint.”
Unless you happened to visit the headquarters building at Glacier National Park during a handful of days in June, you would have no idea about the future-changing work that took place there. When workers and visitors use the building the lights still go on, and the computers work just as they should. The difference is taxpayers get a much smaller bill for electrical service, and the park made another significant stride toward sustainability and energy independence.
So how did this happen, and what does it mean?
In 2012, the National Park Service adopted a Green Parks Plan that adopted clear and meaningful goals to create a more sustainable future across the National Park system....
PENN YAN — YMCA Camp Cory on Keuka Lake is excited to announce the installation of a brand-new solar array on the camp's dining hall roof. Camp Cory partnered with Everybody Solar, an organization dedicated to providing solar energy to nonprofits.
“As a non-profit, having partners like Everybody Solar allows us to really focus on our mission of making a difference in the lives of as many individuals as we can,” said Pat Foster, executive director of YMCA Camp Cory. “This solar array gives us the ability to finically support children that come to camp, while also helping to minimize our carbon footprint.”
Located in Penn Yann, NY right next to the Keuka Lake sits YMCA Camp Cory. As a non-profit organization, every dollar counts. That is why the camp partnered with Everybody Solar to bring solar to the camp. The camp leadership and Everybody Solar, an organization that helps nonprofits invest in solar, worked together to select Paradise Energy Solutions as their installation partner.
The 31 solar panels installed on the camp's dining hall roof will save the camp $4,000 in the first year alone. "This solar array gives us the ability to financially support children that come to camp, while also helping to minimize our carbon footprint," said Pat Foster, Executive Director of YMCA Camp Cory.
YMCA Camp Cory, a summer camp serving children and families on Keuka Lake since 1921, unveils a new solar array to decrease operating costs, which will help support financial assistance. Camp Cory joins two other YMCAs that went solar this month — the Torrance-South Bay YMCA in Torrance, California, and the Wilson-Gray YMCA in Hartford, Connecticut....
...Camp Cory partnered with Everybody Solar, an organization dedicated to providing solar energy to nonprofits. Through fundraising, grant writing, and other partnerships, Everybody Solar was able to provide Camp Cory with a 31.93-kW solar array at no cost. This system, which was installed by Geneva-based Paradise Energy Solutions, is expected to save Camp Cory approximately $3,950 in the first year alone....
NEW YORK — Citizen, known the world over for its uncompromising values: technical precision, innovative mindset, quality craftsmanship and design excellence; reminds consumers this week of its core values in a new brand campaign: “Purposeful Power.” ...
...As part of the campaign rollout and in partnership with 1% for the Planet and Everybody Solar, Citizen is encouraging consumers to share their purpose and light inspired moments. For every #mylight moment shared to @citizenwatchesus, Citizen will donate $5 to Everybody Solar towards the goal of 100% funding of a Spring 2022 solar installation project. ...
Citizen is debuting a new brand campaign, a limited-edition watch, and a hashtag-focused fundraiser as a reminder to millennials and eco-minded consumers that it sees sustainability as more than a buzzword...
...The campaign rollout also includes an Instagram hashtag promo aimed at raising funds for a cause Citizen has long supported: solar power. When people share moments with the hashtag #mylight to the watchmaker’s Instagram account, Citizen will donate $5 to its partner Everybody Solar. The goal is to fully fund a solar-installation project in spring 2022, Citizen said in a statement.
Creative Discovery Museum is expanding its sustainability efforts with a new educational exhibit, Solar @ CDM, accompanied by a new 41.9 kilowatt(kW) solar panel system to its existing 10kW system. The project is the first of many sustainable living and alternative energy exhibits that will be created as a part of CDM’s renovation funded by the Ignite Discovery capital campaign. ...
...“We are grateful for the support of Everybody Solar and its partners," said Henry Schulson, CDM's executive director.
About this blog: Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of how our climate is evolving and how they want to respond ...
[ ... Hello Sherry, I would like to suggest the topic of what we can do besides/in addition to modifying our own behavior or living conditions. Several years ago we looked for organizations to support and found EverybodySolar.org....]
In 2020 and 2021, climate change seemed more of a present reality than ever. And, to support these anecdotes with data, a new United Nations report confirms it's not looking good for planet Earth.... That's why this isn't a moment for doomism, but a moment for action. ... I've been donating to Everybody Solar, which directly funds solar energy projects...
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