Be a light in your community: Help save energy and money with Project Porchlight!
Project Porchlight is a non-profit that partners with Puget Sound Energy to distribute free energy efficient light bulbs in the Puget Sound area. They have some upcoming community events to pass out light bulbs and raise awareness about energy conservation.
Over the last few months, Project Porchlight has been working in communities throughout the Puget Sound, and they are finishing their outreach in Olympia and Lacey. By the end of October, they will have distributed 275,000 FREE energy-saving compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to residents in PSE’s residential electric service area all over the Puget Sound. They are building up to a big exchange event at the Olympia and Lacey Lowe’s where any PSE customer can trade in up to 10 old fashioned light bulbs for 10 energy-saving light bulbs for free!
They need community members’ help to spread the word about this fantastic opportunity and to help inform Thurston County residents of how much energy and money can be saved through the simple action of changing out a light bulb.
You are invited to join their events: In only 2 hours, each person that distributes light bulbs saves Olympia/Lacey residents about $2,000 in energy costs!!
1. Community blitzes:
Join Olympia Mayor Doug Mah and community representatives in this fun event! Project Porchlight will provide t-shirts and refreshments, do a short meet and greet orientation, then volunteers will travel in pairs throughout the neighborhoods around the center, to pass out free energy saving light bulbs in the community and spread the word about the exchange event! (They provide training, bags loaded with bulbs, and maps of the area you’ll deliver to).
Dates:
Tues. October 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Lacey Community Center
Tues. October 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Olympia Chamber of Commerce
2. Rock the Bulb events at Lowe’s.
It’s a fun, festive atmosphere where community members can bring in 10 incandescent bulbs and trade them for 10 free energy saving light bulbs!
They need volunteers to help run fun interactive booths and registration tables each day. These are a lot of fun, everyone gets a t-shirt and free lunch! This is perfect for a small group of friends.
Dates:
Sat. and Sun. October 24-25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Lacey Lowe’s (5610 Corp Center Lane SE Lacey, WA 98503)
Sat. and Sun. October 31-Nov. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Olympia Lowe’s (4230 Martin Way East Olympia, WA 98516)
*** Please SIGN UP to attend at their online VOLUNTEER FORM!
For more information or questions, contact Sara Southerland at 360-404-2070, or refer to their web site www.projectporchlight.org.
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