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COMMUNITY Alabama Power and its community partners are collaborating on education and conservation projects across the state. "Power to Protect" highlights the efforts of the company and its partners to protect the state's natural resources and teach future generations about resource and energy conservation. The monthlong series of partnerships is impacting the state by: • Coordinating eight river cleanups, drawing hundreds of volunteers to remove thousands of pounds of trash. • Organizing playground cleanups and tree plantings by volunteers from the Alabama Power Service Organization. • Raising awareness of community partners making an impact on conservation. • Teaching hundreds of high school and college students about energy efficiency and conservation efforts. • Providing information and opportunities to college students interested in careers in conservation and stewardship. Along with highlighting current on-the-ground efforts, Power to Protect features new program announcements from Alabama Power, the Alabama Power Foundation, the Alabama Scenic River Trail and others. These announcements provide new opportunities for Alabamians to join Alabama Power and its partners in their communities to help protect our state's natural resources. "Power to Protect will expand awareness of the many efforts taking place to improve Alabama communities every day," said Alabama Power Foundation President John Hudson. "Alabama Power is proud to play a part in these efforts through its work in conservation, energy efficiency and land resource management." In April, Power to Protect projects included: • University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Green Jobs Fair on April 4. • Renew Our Rivers Lay Lake cleanup on April 5. • Renew Our Rivers Upper Cahaba River cleanup on April 5. • Darter Festival at Railroad Park on April 5. • Alabama Electrathon at Barber Motorsports Park on April 7. • UAB Festival on the Green on April 9. • Renew Our Rivers Lower Cahaba River cleanup on April 12. • Renew Our Rivers Lake Mitchell cleanup on April 12. • Groundwater Festival at Dothan's Landmark Park on April 17. Members of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO), along with students from two high schools, spent a recent weekend morning sprucing up the children's playground at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. About 20 volunteers from APSO's Magic City Chapter and from Hoover and Gardendale high schools scraped and repainted the playground set. Thousands of youngsters use the playground every year during trips to the institute and to nearby civil rights landmarks such as the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park. Power to Protect 2 Magic City APSO volunteers painted playground equipment at Civil Rights Institute. APC COLL ABOR ATES FOR EDUCATION, CONSERVATION General Services Graphic Designer Ray Kersh is a familiar face in the arts circles across Alabama. His works include the watercolor "Chinatown." ON THE COVER:

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