SAN DIEGO, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, San
Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) kicked-off its annual
Environmental Champions initiative, a $1
million charitable giving campaign that funds local
environmental non-profit organizations in San Diego and southern Orange counties.
The SDG&E Environmental Champions initiative welcomes
proposals from non-profit organizations for programs that educate
K-12 youth and engage communities as stewards of the environment in
SDG&E's service territory.
Non-profit grant awardees will receive up to $25,000 for individual programs and up to
$50,000 for innovative collaborative
programs among partner environmental non-profit organizations.
"The work that these non-profits are doing is giving our youth a
glimpse of what it takes to protect our region's natural resources,
and we see this as an important investment in our future," said
Michael Schneider, SDG&E's vice
president of operations support and chief environmental officer.
"At SDG&E, we lead by example on sustainability in our
operations, and we support non-profits to help fulfill their
environmental mission."
At today's kick-off luncheon at the New Children's Museum, Kids
ECOClub, Outdoor Outreach, the Earth Discovery Institute, and
Friends of Palomar Mountain State
Park will present their environmental education programs to
over 150 of their peers in the environmental community.
Non-profit organizations will have an opportunity to submit
online applications through April 17. Preference will be
given to environmental programs that serve underserved youth and
communities in one or more of the following areas: natural resource
conservation and protection, habitat preservation and restoration,
energy efficiency, and waste management/recycling. SDG&E plans
to announce the winners early this summer.
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides safe and
reliable energy service to 3.4 million consumers through 1.4
million electric meters and 878,000 natural gas meters in
San Diego and southern
Orange counties. The utility's
area spans 4,100 square miles. SDG&E is committed to
creating ways to help customers save energy and money every
day. SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), a
Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San
Diego. Connect with SDG&E's Customer Contact Center at
800-411-7343, on Twitter (@SDGE) and Facebook.
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