ATLANTA, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Every April,
Georgia Power employees celebrate Earth Day all month long by
participating in stewardship projects that protect and enhance the
communities in which they live and work. This year, employees are
once again joining in through virtual or in-person projects – while
taking pandemic precautions like social distancing and hygiene
precautions – to support a variety of environmental
initiatives.
A few of the efforts around the state taking place virtually or
in-person this month with Georgia Power volunteers or support
include:
- Metro Atlanta Urban Farm – for outside, socially
distanced harvesting, planting, weeding and general farm care.
- Dunwoody Nature Center – to beautify and improve nature
trails and remove invasive plants.
- Lincoln County Walking Trail and Pollinator Garden –
grooming mulch in classroom and entry, assembling picnic tables and
assembling pollinator gardens.
- Everett Park in
Atlanta – for a riverbed
cleanup.
- River Walk Atlanta – to clean up and beautify the
park.
- K.B. Sutton Elementary School in Forsyth – where Plant Scherer employees
will help place four bird feeders and provide bird seeds with
containers to store the seeds. The volunteers also will provide
tomato plants for students to use in the greenhouse and wildflower
butterfly mix.
- Tybee Clean Beach Volunteer Organization – picked up
trash around the north end of the beach.
- Stash the Trash event in Albany – annual community awareness
cleanup event, with sponsorship by Georgia Power.
- Gentian Blvd. operating headquarters revitalization in
Columbus – to clean up flower
beds and plant shrubs and flowers.
- Clean-up events in neighborhoods across the state –
several Georgia Power employee resource groups have teamed up to
promote individual, socially-distanced Earth Day celebration
clean-ups during morning, afternoon or evening walks. Employees are
encouraged to take a different route each day to clean up areas
around their neighborhoods or nearby parks.
- Georgia Power's GreenKeepers – team will host a virtual
Earth Day event for employees on Thursday,
April 22. The virtual event will include a special session
with "Dr. Ann," a best-selling author, physician and motivational
speaker and a panel on Environmental Stewardship &
Sustainability featuring company experts from its Natural
Resources, Forestry, Education and Environmental
organizations.
Georgia Power Presents Earth Day at Atlanta Botanical
Garden
Georgia Power this year is the presenting sponsor of
the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Earth Day Celebration. Visitors can
celebrate nature with their children in the Atlanta Botanical
Garden on this Thursday, April 22.
Make a garden-inspired creation out of natural materials, watch
special performances on the Great Lawn at 10:30 or 11:15 a.m., and hunt for beautiful art made from
recycled materials by talented volunteers. Activities are set up
for comfort and safety during the pandemic.
Water Grant Projects
In addition to environmental
service projects that enhance and beautify communities across the
state, the Georgia Power Foundation recently highlighted $1
million in environmental grants awarded to eight organizations
in Georgia, funding projects
focused on preserving and restoring Georgia's waterways,
lakes and rivers. These organizations share the company's focus on
preserving Georgia's waterways and
is just one way Georgia Power helps ensure future generations enjoy
the benefits these projects bring for years to come. Projects in
both urban and rural settings address areas from riverbank
stabilization and reduction of agricultural runoff, to installing
rain gardens and permeable pavement, and improving fish and other
aquatic species' habitats.
Supporting Partnerships and Celebrating Successes
This
Earth Day, the company is also celebrating long partnerships, such
as with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and highlighting
work done to help save endangered or threatened species in
Georgia and across the Southeast,
like the red-cockaded woodpecker. The company is proud to continue
work with many partners to protect this vital species by restoring
their longleaf pine habitats and monitoring their populations. This
bird is being called the "comeback kid" for its recent
resurgence.
To learn more about Georgia Power's environmental commitment,
visit www.GeorgiaPower.com/Environment.
About Georgia Power
Georgia Power is the largest
electric subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's
premier energy company. Value, Reliability, Customer Service and
Stewardship are the cornerstones of the company's promise to 2.6
million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Committed to
delivering clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy at rates
below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse,
innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural
gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric and wind.
Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its
customers every day and the company is recognized by J.D. Power as
an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information,
visit www.GeorgiaPower.com and connect with the company on
Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower), Twitter
(Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower) and Instagram
(Instagram.com/ga_power).
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