Richmond Power & Light understands the importance of active
involvement in the community and the fact that we are community
owned and operated. Nothing is more important than the education
of students in the community of Richmond. RP&L participates
in a large variety of community educational programs. We encourage
organizations to tour the facilities and encourage employees
to involve themselves in education activities.
 Our
employees are involved with community outreach programs; in
fact many have a significant impact on youth education. For
the past 16 years we have partnered with the Starr Elementary
School in a program called Partners in Education. We have
been active in a year-long program with the fifth grade of each
school year. Part of the curriculum is to impress upon the student's
professional business skills electrical safety, possible occupations
in the electrical industry, generation of electricity and the
role of state-of-the-are technology in their everyday lives.
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In cooperation with the Richmond Community School's program,
Study Buddy/Mentor Volunteers, we have worked in conjunction
with RCS Find Materials Center where as many as 13 employees
donate their time to students at various schools in the district.
The Study Buddy program helps students extend study time for
a particular activity advised by the teacher. The mentoring
program essentially advocates a big brother/big sister relationship
with a student involving school issues or just general life
discussions.
Each year, our facilities become the learning ground for many
community organizations. School to Work is a national
program designed to combine academics with real workplace experiences.
This program shows a direct correlation between sound learning
skills and future opportunities. Students work alongside an
employee and experience first hand employment responsibilities
and duties.
RP&L has the ability to bring sophisticated technology to the
community of Richmond. We have prepared a vital fiberoptics
technology for the local public and private schools on its system.
All schools, from elementary to universities of higher education
have benefited from the use of this fiberoptic system.
RP&L is often asked to play a roll in the development of education
planning in the form of focus group participation. Specific
examples are the Whitewater Regional Economic Council's Educational
Needs Assessment Focus Group, the Richmond-Wayne County Chamber
of Commerce CEO Roundtable's Business and Education Liaison
Program and The Wayne County Welfare to Work Initiative.
In all cases RP&L is asked to step forward and participate in
the advancement of goals and measurable educational objectives
for the Richmond community. Some employees are board members
and committee members to area organizations that address social
issues like The United Way and economic issues such as
the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County.
The foundation for any successful program is the commitment
from a company's employee's. RP&L is proud of this positive
involvement throughout the community and can anticipate more
of the same from their employees. RP&L 's employees have that
commitment to the community and as an organization they are
encouraged to continue giving time to such activities in the
Richmond community.
Other organizations benefit from our involvement in the Richmond-Wayne
County area. RP&L participates in the following: March of
Dimes Walk America, Wayne County Cancer Society Relay for Life,
Christmas Parade, Christmas Adopt a Family, and United Way of
Whitewater Valley.
Many of the employees personally involve themselves in other
charitable activities and organizations in the Richmond-Wayne
County Community. Some of them are: coaching athletics in
the Richmond Community Schools; coaching youth athletics for
the Evening Optimists Club; leadership in the Richmond Area
Tennis Society; Wayne County Community Tennis Association; teaching
are and athletics for the Boys Club; volunteering for the Green
Acres Special Olympics; Community Food Kitchens; church functions
in almost every denomination; South-Side Neighborhood Association;
4-H; Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. |
