Weatherizing Homes and Warming Hearts
Friday, December 9, 2011
Hundreds of homes across Kentucky will be warmer this winter season thanks to the help of our volunteers. Employees and their family members spent Saturday mornings this autumn to help weatherize the homes of low-income, elderly and disabled customers, so their homes will be ready for the cold weather that's already arrived.
Here's the rundown of our efforts:
Winterblitz – Lexington
On Oct. 15, four KU teams weatherized eight homes in the Lexington area. The 21 volunteers helped by caulking cracks, replace windows and doors and offering winterization information. In total, approximately 100 volunteers from KU and the community weatherized 40 homes. The effort was coordinated with the Community Action Council.
Project Warm Blitz – Louisville
On two Saturdays in November, volunteers from LG&E helped weatherize 80 homes in the Louisville metro area. Forty-six LG&E teams, 149 volunteers in all, participated in the event. In total, 638 volunteers across the city weatherized 275 homes during the 21st annual Project Warm Blitz.
How You Can Help Others
While our weatherization efforts were focused on winterizing homes, Project Warm and the Community Action Council are in need of volunteers year-round. It's a great way to give back to the community, and perfect for students and community groups needing service hours. Just visit Project Warm and Community Action Council for more information.
A Customer Says Thanks...
The best part of volunteering in these winter blitzes is the real connection you make with others. After the effort in Louisville, one of our clients, Mrs. Griffin, contacted Project Warm to express her gratitude to the LG&E team that weatherized her home.
Griffin said she was “amazed and overjoyed that the volunteers went the extra mile to make a difference in her life.” Griffin, who is disabled, said she had not been able to sleep because of noise adjacent to her house, leaving her exhausted each day.
With the help of LG&E volunteers’ weatherizing her windows, and moving her bed to the back of her house, she finally had a good night’s sleep. Griffin said the extra help was “so unexpected and so kind,” that she felt “overwhelmed and blessed.”
Now that's energy that matters.
Here's the rundown of our efforts:
Winterblitz – Lexington On Oct. 15, four KU teams weatherized eight homes in the Lexington area. The 21 volunteers helped by caulking cracks, replace windows and doors and offering winterization information. In total, approximately 100 volunteers from KU and the community weatherized 40 homes. The effort was coordinated with the Community Action Council.
Project Warm Blitz – Louisville
On two Saturdays in November, volunteers from LG&E helped weatherize 80 homes in the Louisville metro area. Forty-six LG&E teams, 149 volunteers in all, participated in the event. In total, 638 volunteers across the city weatherized 275 homes during the 21st annual Project Warm Blitz.
How You Can Help Others
While our weatherization efforts were focused on winterizing homes, Project Warm and the Community Action Council are in need of volunteers year-round. It's a great way to give back to the community, and perfect for students and community groups needing service hours. Just visit Project Warm and Community Action Council for more information.
A Customer Says Thanks...
The best part of volunteering in these winter blitzes is the real connection you make with others. After the effort in Louisville, one of our clients, Mrs. Griffin, contacted Project Warm to express her gratitude to the LG&E team that weatherized her home.
Griffin said she was “amazed and overjoyed that the volunteers went the extra mile to make a difference in her life.” Griffin, who is disabled, said she had not been able to sleep because of noise adjacent to her house, leaving her exhausted each day.
With the help of LG&E volunteers’ weatherizing her windows, and moving her bed to the back of her house, she finally had a good night’s sleep. Griffin said the extra help was “so unexpected and so kind,” that she felt “overwhelmed and blessed.”
Now that's energy that matters.
