{"id":38901,"date":"2023-05-11T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/?page_id=38901"},"modified":"2023-08-25T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:11:23","slug":"community-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/community\/community-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peninsula Light Co. has received on-going recognition for its partnerships with these vital service organizations in our community.<\/p>\n<h2>Community Partners &amp; Charitable Contributions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Harbor Hope Center, July 2019<\/li>\n<li>Cascade Regional Blood Service &#8211; &#8220;Community Service Blood Drive of the Month,&#8221; July 2006<\/li>\n<li>Kiwanis Club of Gig Harbor &#8211; Thanks in Recognition of Outstanding and Devoted Service, 2006<\/li>\n<li>Gig Harbor\/Key Peninsula Area Chamber of Commerce &#8211; &#8220;Community Service Award,&#8221; 2003<\/li>\n<li>Maritime Gig &#8211; 2000 to present<\/li>\n<li>Key Peninsula\/Gig Harbor and Islands (KGI) Watershed Council<\/li>\n<li>Project Help &#8211; Peninsula Light helps fund, and matches dollar for dollar contributions made by our members in assisting needy families pay their power bill.<\/li>\n<li>Safety Education &#8211; PLC Journeyman Linemen have for years conducted safety education demonstrations at local elementary schools.<\/li>\n<li>Cancer Relay for Life &#8211; 1998 to present<\/li>\n<li>HEROES Program &#8211; Helping elders through referral and outreach services, 1998 to present<\/li>\n<li>Peninsula School District Foundation &#8211; High School Scholarships provided by PLC, 1998 to present<\/li>\n<li>Cascade Regional Blood Services &#8211; 1997 to present<\/li>\n<li>Peninsula Athletic Association &#8211; Youth team sponsorships, 1997 to present<\/li>\n<li>KPLL &#8211; Youth team sponsorships, ball field construction assistance, 1997 to present<\/li>\n<li>Stream Team &#8211; Working with area schools in a hands-on program to study and improve the quality of local streams.<\/li>\n<li>Key Peninsula Lion&#8217;s Club Citizens of the Year &#8211; &#8220;Citizens of the Year: service beyond the call of duty in restoring power after catastrophic storms,&#8221; 1997<\/li>\n<li>KGHP Radio Station &#8211; Assisted Peninsula School District establish and fund the station, 1996 to present<\/li>\n<li>Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful &#8211; 1996 to 2000<\/li>\n<li>National Night Out &#8211; &#8220;America&#8217;s Night Out Against Crime,&#8221; 1996 to 1998<\/li>\n<li>Batten&#8217;s Disease &#8211; 1996<\/li>\n<li>Veterans of Foreign Wars &#8211; Citation for Service to Community, 1996<\/li>\n<li>Key Peninsula Fire Department &#8211; Helping Hand Award, 1996<\/li>\n<li>Pierce County Fire District #16 &#8211; &#8220;10 Years Award&#8221; (fire safety education), 1995<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Civic Memberships<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Gig Harbor\/Key Peninsula Area Chamber of Commerce<\/li>\n<li>Key Peninsula Business Association (KPBA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Contributionsform.pdf\" target=\"new window\" class=\"button primary is-primary is-medium\"  >\n    <span>Contributions \/ Community Support Request Form (PDF)<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peninsula Light Co. has received on-going recognition for its partnerships with these vital service organizations in our community. Community Partners &amp; Charitable Contributions Harbor Hope Center, July 2019 Cascade Regional Blood Service &#8211; &#8220;Community Service Blood Drive of the Month,&#8221; July 2006 Kiwanis Club of Gig Harbor &#8211; Thanks in Recognition of Outstanding and Devoted [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":138651,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38901"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138835,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38901\/revisions\/138835"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}