Cottey receives KCP&L environmental grant

Nevada Daily Mail

KCP&L awarded a grant to Cottey College and Students Against a Vanishing Environment as part of the KCP&L Energizing Our Environment Micro-Grant Program.

This program is designed to help fund environmental projects in communities throughout KCP&L's service region. The grants range from $500 to $3,000 and will provide nonprofit organizations an opportunity to improve the environment in their communities in a meaningful way.

"Our micro-grant program will impact thousands of lives and help improve our region," said Elizabeth Danforth, KCP&L director Public Affairs.

"We are excited to partner with Cottey College and Students Against a Vanishing Environment on its project because we share a commitment to recycling."

Cottey College and SAVE will use the grant to increase the availability of recycling stations on the college's campus. In addition to adding recycling bins, SAVE will create educational materials on why recycling is important and facilitate a contest between the college's buildings and dorms to showcase each group's recycling efforts.

KCP&L received almost 150 applications for projects ranging from river cleanups to recycling programs to solar panel installations. Of those applications, KCP&L awarded almost $35,000 in grants to nonprofits throughout Kansas and Missouri.

For more information on KCP&L's Energizing Our Environment Micro-Grant Program, please visit kcpl.com/energize.