GreenMBAs Give Back: Helping Others Go Solar

The GreenMBA community has joined with Dominican’s Net Impact chapter to raise $5,000 in only one week to sponsor a solar electric system for a low-income family in Oakland. Fifteen students and alumni worked with nonprofit GRID Alternatives to raise the funds from friends, colleagues and family. On June 5-6, a team of Net Impact members and GreenMBA volunteers installed a solar panel system on a home being constructed by Habitat for Humanity. “For the second year in a row, we’ve been able to raise $5,000 despite people tightening their belts during these economic times,” noted team leader Jonah Nisenson. “It was an amazing opportunity for us to learn all about how a solar system works and how it gets installed, as well as a great way to engage in service to our community.”

The DUC Net Impact chapter plans on doing this again next year for the 3rd annual solar installation.

Another team of GreenMBAs worked a KQED public television pledge drive on Thursday, June 10. Volunteers answered phones and took pledges in support of the station’s educational programming.

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