—Program Enabled Texans to Direct Nearly $350,000 to Selected Nonprofits in 2016—
After a public voting campaign, The
Warren Center in Dallas was named the top recipient of Reliant’s
third round of Reliant Gives, the company’s crowd-sourced charitable
giving program. The Warren Center, who provides resources and support to
more than 2,500 young children and families who struggle with
developmental delay or disability, has received the top donation of
$100,000.
“We are sincerely grateful to Reliant and our supporters who rallied
behind our cause to help us receive this amazing donation,” said Amy
Spawn, executive director of The Warren Center. “The Reliant Gives
donation will help us continue to serve and empower children and
families across the Dallas-Fort Worth area impacted by developmental
delays and disabilities.”
The two additional nonprofit recipients are Houston-based Snowdrop
Foundation and CYCLE:
Changing Young Children’s Lives through Education, which received
$10,000 and $5,000 donations, respectively, based on the public vote
total.
The Reliant Gives program, new in 2016, has now donated $345,000 to nine
deserving nonprofits and plans to continue supporting great causes in
2017. To date, the Reliant Gives program has impacted nearly 120,000
lives across the state of Texas.
“It is such a joy to see the continued enthusiastic community
participation in this great year-long campaign to support Texas
nonprofits,” said Elizabeth Killinger, president, Reliant and NRG
Retail. “From assisting women’s shelters to replanting trees to saving
animals, it’s been both exciting and rewarding to engage with nonprofits
and communities in Houston, Dallas and Corpus Christi, and just as
important to give the public an opportunity to direct our charitable
giving. We are excited to continue our successful momentum in 2017 and
beyond.”
The nonprofits selected to participate in this most recent round of
Reliant Gives included:
The Reliant Gives mission is to support causes that are important to
people in Texas communities. Through this program, Reliant employees
nominate and the public at large votes for the organization of their
choice.
About Reliant, an NRG company
Reliant brings electricity, smart energy solutions and energy services
to business and residential customers across Texas. Reliant is part of
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), a Fortune 200 company that is at the
forefront of changing how people think about, buy and use energy. Backed
by a diverse portfolio of nearly 140 power generating facilities that
can support millions of homes and businesses nationwide, NRG’s retail
companies, including Reliant, deliver electricity and home security
services and serve almost 3 million customers in 10 states and the
District of Columbia. NRG retail brands collectively are the largest
providers of electricity in Texas. For more information about Reliant
products and services, please visit reliant.com
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