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New Orleans, La. – More than 60
nonprofit groups have been selected to receive $1.03 million in grants from the
Entergy Charitable Foundation in the first of three planned award cycles for
2012.
Among the Entergy shareholder-funded
grants is a $200,000 grant to The St. Bernard Project’s Veterans Corps program,
which hires returned war veterans as part of SBP’s AmeriCorps State program. The
program provides veterans meaningful transition from combat to civilian life
with emphasis on developing marketable job skills and training.
Teach for America received a $191,000
grant to continue funding programs that raised average student achievement in
proficiency exams in New Orleans by 26.3 percent compared to the state average
growth of 6 percent.
Among other training, education and
humanitarian related grants awarded by the foundation this cycle include:
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A $35,000 grant to the Union
Rescue Mission of Little Rock, Ark., for facilities to provide 100 dining
room seats to feed more hungry people, emergency shelter to 122 men each
night and expand live-in alcohol and drug recovery programs for up to 68 men
at a time.
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A $35,000 grant to Kids X-Press,
a magazine created, written and published by students from Westchester
County, N.Y., New York, N.Y, Newark, N.J., Chicago, Ill., New Orleans, La.,
and Philadelphia, Pa. The magazine enhances the language and writing skills
of all children, including those from under-resourced communities by linking
literacy and public interest topics including energy, science and the
environment.
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A $33,900 grant to Habitat for
Humanity of South Haven, Mich., to construct a basic solid and accessible
Energy Star and Sustainable Green built home to improve the life of a
qualified partnering family. The home will be environmentally responsible
along with being Energy and Resource-Efficient throughout the buildings''
life cycle.
The Entergy Charitable Foundation is
a private, nonprofit foundation wholly funded by Entergy Corporation
shareholders. The goal of the foundation is to support initiatives that help
create and sustain thriving communities. ECF has a special focus on low-income
initiatives as well as educational and literacy programs and efforts to protect
the environment. The ECF accepts applications three times per year. For more
information or to access an application form from the Entergy Charitable
Foundation, look under “Our Community/Corporate and Foundation Giving” at
www.entergy.com.
Entergy Corporation is an integrated
energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail
distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with
approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the
second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers
electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and
approximately 15,000 employees.
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