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| The Xcel Energy Day of Caring volunteers with some of our grateful TRC winged ambassadors, staff and volunteers. |
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| Xcel Energy volunteers of all ages helped! |
MINNEAPOLIS – As part of the company’s 2013 Day of Caring, more than 500 Xcel Energy
employees, family members, retirees and friends volunteered this past Saturday at more than a dozen nonprofit organizations in Minnesota. In 2012, Xcel Energy
employees volunteered more than 20,000 hours of their time to help individuals
and organizations across the state.
These generous volunteers
helped at The Raptor Center with important activities related to our education
department. Examples included cleaning
our handling gloves (used for presenting our winged ambassadors to the public
as well as training and feeding), and cleaning and painting the birds’ perches. Maintenance of our education bird courtyard
included removing old mosquito netting, and some pruning of the vegetative
covering we use for shade.
“Xcel Energy’s employees are
dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve, and our second annual Day
of Caring provides us with a large-scale opportunity to help many
organizations,” said Dave Sparby, president and CEO of Northern States Power
Co.-Minnesota, an Xcel Energy company.
“Xcel Energy employees have a
great track record of giving back to their communities,” Sparby said. “Coming
together like this for a day allows us to make an even more focused, positive
impact on our communities.”
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| Cleaning of raptor courtyard and perches. |
Day of Caring projects took
place at nonprofit organizations throughout the Twin Cities area as well as in St. Cloud, Mankato and Red Wing.
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| Maintenance and cleaning of education bird courtyard |
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| Perches always need maintenance! |
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