Responding to Needs
Hands-on science learning is now a reality for more students in the Crete-Monee School District 201-U in Illinois because of PPL. PPL University Park has donated $1,600 to the district to purchase two Full Option Science System kits on magnetism and electricity for third-graders. The kits consist of five sequential investigations, each designed to introduce or reinforce concepts in physical science, and are part of a district-wide science curriculum intended to give every K-12 student hands-on science experience.
| A Community Caring Scorecard |
500,000
visitors at five environmental preserves |
$1,900,000
contributed to the United Way |
188,000
hours logged by PPL's Community of Volunteers |
8,295
acres of lakes and rivers managed at the environmental preserves |
15,000
teachers, students and others who benefit from our education outreach programs |
PPL Montana "walks the talk" of community involvement with its distribution of 30 computers to six schools in the Butte area. The computers are being used to teach computer awareness and desktop publishing classes. Students also use them for career education and in accounting classes.
PPL Montana has committed $23 million over 10 years for recreation, water quality, fishing and wildlife along the Madison and Missouri rivers. The company also supports many community needs. It funds education programs, provides hiking trails and recreation areas near its hydroelectric dams, and is a major sponsor of the Lewis and Clark anniversary celebration.
The softball infields managed by a youth sports organization in south-central Pennsylvania have been freed of weeds and readied for the spring season, thanks to help from employees at PPL’s Brunner Island power plant. As part of a project sponsored by the Community of Volunteers, the Brunner Island crew used a backhoe to scrape away weeds that had taken over the Northeastern Youth Sports Association’s infields in Manchester Borough.