Dear Friends and Neighbors:
Parkway North students are asking for our help to make the Parkway School District the first "completely solar school district" in the Midwest.
Wendy Low is one of the dedicated students at Parkway North High School who is part of the group "Envirothon." Wendy and her peers have been using technology, including the telephone, to convince people including you and me to help support their vision of making a difference in their school, the community and the environment.
I agreed to help by getting the word out to you. Why? I am excited about supporting our students as they work hard, take risks and follow through on their dreams. This particular project is designed to support a cleaner environment, make use of alternative energy sources, and save the taxpayers money.
It is a commercially-run contest. Pepsi is challenging our students to make something positive happen in our schools. Pepsi will provide the seed money...a quarter million dollars!
If you are willing to support Parkway North students' efforts on behalf of the entire Parkway District, then use one of the various methods of voting...and in this case, go ahead and vote early and often!
From the Students:
David and Calvin, students at Parkway North Senior High, began thinking about Envirothon's efforts two years ago. They see this contest, put on by Pepsi, as an opportunity to support their school, and the entire district, by installing solar panels, saving energy, helping the environment and cutting costs to the taxpayers.
They envision this opportunity as one that might serve as a model for the rest of the country. Assuming they win the contest, the district plans to measure its savings on heat and air conditioning as solar panels are installed.
Currently in 11th place, the students feel that they have a real possibility of winning the contest.
"We need you to help us by voting, and if you feel this is important, forward this on to anyone you think would also like to vote for a plan that grows, cleans the environment, increases investment in home grown energy generation, and saves taxpayers money. All you need to do to vote for our $250,000.00 proposal in the Pepsi Refresh Project is: (you may use any or all of the following)
- You can vote by texting 104078 to PEPSI (73774) We are told no additional charges apply
- You can vote using Facebook
- You must add the Pepsi Refresh Voting App
- Next you go to RefreshEverything.com
- Then, at the bottom of the page, you click "Sign In" and "Login with Facebook"
- Finally, you find this project and click VOTE
- The final voting option is to creat a Pepsi username and VOTE by going onto http://www.refresheverything.com/solarforparkway
- Click on vote for this idea
- Sign in or create an account and vote
The Parkway District has agreed to take the money saved and allow it to be used to gain additional matching grants and donations year after year and reinvest it in further solar expansion until the district is completely solar and geothermal. This means that Parkway tax payers would conceivably eliminate the energy bill for their school without spending a dime of their own tax money.
The district has also agreed to be very transparent about this process so the public can see where all of the money is coming from and where mistakes and successes occur so surrounding school districts can follow the same process for the benefit of their own students and taxpayers.
Vote for our project today and everyday in November. You can vote once each day using each method listed above for a total of three votes per day and in the process, turn a student-driven dream into a reality that sets the stage for solar adoption across the Midwest. Solar technology has now matured to the point that it is viable. Why not put it to work creating jobs, clean energy, and revenue?"
Thank you
Parkway North Envirothon
Contact Russ Barton at rbarton{at}pkwy{dot}k12{dot}mo{dot}us with any questions or see our website http://www.parkwaysolar.org
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