Progress Energy Awards ScienceSouth $15,000 for Energy and Conservation Workshops

Posted Thursday, May 11, 2008

FLORENCE, SC -- On Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Progress Energy officials presented ScienceSouth with a check for $15,000 to fund energy and conservation workshops. The presentation took place during ScienceSouth’s first week of science kids’ camp, held at the ScienceSouth Pavilion on Jeffries Creek.

"We are excited to support ScienceSouth and their Sustainable Living programs," said Emerson Gower, Progress Energy vice president, Southern Region. "Exploring new methods of energy conservation and alternative energy is important to the future of our state. And Progress Energy is proud to be a part of that effort." The new funding will support the Sustainable Living programs to be piloted this summer and launched this fall at the ScienceSouth Pavilion on Jeffries Creek. “We share Progress Energy’s determination to use and conserve energy sources which, doing so, ultimately protects our environment,” said Cary Ashworth Chairman of ScienceSouth Board of Trustees. “ A partnership between ScienceSouth and Progress Energy to enhance the public understanding of energy conservation and application of hydrogen, solar, and other forms of renewable and alternative energy sources is mutually beneficial.”

The staple of the Sustainable Living programs would be to build a model house complete with solar panels, windmill, green house, and desalination. Families and children can also participate in workshops ranging from The Heat Trap Challenge and The Water Vampire to Power Plants and The Forces of Magnetism, all adapted variations from the solar house.

Visit www.sciencesouth.org for information on other kids and family workshops available at ScienceSouth on Jeffries Creek.

CONTACT:
Colleen Zilio
ScienceSouth
(843) 629-4040
FAX (843) 629-4341
zilio@sciencesouth.org
www.sciencesouth.org