Whether it’s cleaning local parks, clearing heavily traveled roads of debris or landscaping the yard of an elderly women, Duke Energy’s North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) chapters have started a new tradition!
Approximately 75 NAYGN members headed out to communities near the company’s nuclear sites in North and South Carolina to lend a helping hand during “Community Service Week.” The stories below provide a snapshot of all the work completed throughout the week.
Carolina Beach State Park Cleanup - NAYGN members from Brunswick Nuclear Plant (Southport, N.C.) set out to Carolina Beach State Park to help remove debris and glass. A portion of the land that the park now sits on was once home to the old Town of Carolina Beach landfill; and while the landfill no longer exists, thousands of glass pieces and old bottles still remain.
When it was all said and done, two large trash cans were filled with debris and removed from the park.
Brookshire Freeway Cleanup - Charlotte’s Brookshire Freeway received a facelift after members cleared the busy freeway of debris in July. Donning orange vests, NAYGN members from the Duke Energy’s corporate office and McGuire Nuclear Station in Huntersville, N.C., walked up and down the freeway (1.5 miles in each direction) on a scorching summer day removing trash.
Concord Road Cleanup - Hundreds of vehicles travel up and down Concord Road in York, S.C., daily as it leads to the main entrance of Catawba Nuclear Station. Aesthetically, the road needed some “TLC,” so NAYGN members spent the afternoon collecting trash from the side of the road.
Keep Oconee Beautiful “Adopt-A-Spot” - Similar to Catawba, NAYGN members from Oconee Nuclear Station partnered with Keep Oconee Beautiful Association “Adopt-A-Spot” to clear trash from two miles of roadways near the entrance of the site. Volunteers spent two hours clearing debris from the roadside and collected 18 full bags of trash.
Cooper Black State Park Project - H. Cooper Black State Park received a mini makeover as NAYGN members from Robinson Nuclear Plant (Hartsville, S.C.) helped park rangers paint and caulk the facility’s clubhouse and restroom. H. Cooper Black is a dog and horse park in Cheraw, S.C., with more than 7,000 acres of land. The park sees lots of faces throughout the year and is home to several sporting and bird dog competitions. The extra hands were a tremendous help as park rangers could not have finished the project on their own until the following summer.
Habitat for Humanity - NAYGN members and summer interns volunteered for Habitat for Humanity project in Apex, N.C. The group worked to clean and landscape the yard of an elderly woman’s home, as well as replace a broken front door.
