Volunteers

I would like to say thank you to the strong group of volunteers and job trainees that I have met this past year as the Workforce and Volunteer Fellow at GRID Alternatives Bay Area. I am continuously humbled by your heart and passion for the communities we serve and the hope of a cleaner environment. Since I was hired a year ago, together in the Bay Area you have volunteered 3,123 hours, helping us install 134 systems that will save over $3.6 million for the families while preventing nearly 7,519 tons of carbon emissions. This is the carbon offset is the equivalent of planting over 174,906 trees.
Even on a cloudy day, a solar panel produces electricity. The rain parted long enough on May 12th in Alexandria, Virginia, for the installation of solar panels on two new side-by-side Habitat for Humanity homes. This installation marked the beginning of a partnership between Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia and GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic.