Rising Sun's Green House Call program came to my home and helped me save energy!
The kids who came were extremely knowledgeable about how to save energy and water, and gave me some tips on how to use less. One of the kids was even from my neighborhood!
This is a great program giving kids summer jobs, and saving the world at the same time!
This is an awesome program- keep it up!
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- EIN 77-0359133
- (510) 665-1501
- 1116 36th St Oakland CA 94608-3834 USA
- risingsunenergy.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Energy Resources Conservation & Development, Environment, Job Training, Sports, Sports Associations & Training Facilities
Mission: Rising suns mission is to empower individuals to achieve environmental and economic sustainability for themselves and their communities. Our core values are:human potential - we believe that when people unleash their potential, they have the ability to grow, change, and make a difference in their communities. Equal opportunity - we believe that economic, environmental and social opportunities should be accessible to everyone. Energy & resource conservation we believe in our shared responsibility to practice and promote environmental stewardship. Results driven - we are committed to achieving significant tangible results and measuring our environmental and social impact.
Programs: California youth energy services (cyes)in 2017, cyes partnered with cities in six counties across northern california, employing 157 youth, who served 4,471 residences with no-cost green house calls. Youth energy specialists installed energy- and water-saving devices in local homes, which led to the annual reduction of 782,166. 01 kwh, 2,290 therms, and 14. 8 million gallons of water, preventing 594. 1 metric tons of co2 from entering the atmosphere each year. Client feedback continues to be strong and youth employees indicate the job increases their professionalism, marketable skills, and desire to effect positive change in the world. Leaders-in-field-training (lift)top employees in rising sun's cyes program are given peer leadership roles and taught business and leadership skills.
green energy training services (gets)in 2017, gets ran 3 core pre-apprenticeship cohorts, including one all-women cohort, and 2 solar cohorts. 66 participants graduated from core and solar, an 89% graduation rate. 36 graduates were women. As of early 2018, 40 of 2017 graduates had been placed in employment, or 61%. 85% of those placements were full-time jobs. The average starting wage for graduates was $18. 79, and $20. 58 for women.