{"id":12806,"date":"2016-05-24T09:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T16:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12806"},"modified":"2016-05-24T09:59:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T16:59:44","slug":"nrg-gives-back-to-carlsbad-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12806","title":{"rendered":"NRG Gives Back To Carlsbad Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NRG_Volunteers-450x253.jpg\" alt=\"NRG_Volunteers\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NRG_Volunteers.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NRG_Volunteers-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Employees from <strong>NRG\u2019s Encina Power Plant<\/strong> took a break from delivering energy to customers, and instead contributed energy to the Carlsbad community through volunteer projects for the company\u2019s annual Global Giving Day.<\/p>\n<p>Crews were sent to two local nonprofits &#8211; the <strong>Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad<\/strong> and <strong>La Posada de Guadalupe<\/strong>. At the Boys &amp; Girls Club\u2019s Village Clubhouse, NRG employees spruced up the landscaping, cleaned the gym floor, and washed the Club vans.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt was absolutely wonderful having those smiling faces helping to make our Clubhouse a better place,\u201d said Club Director Andy Purviance. \u201cAs a nonprofit, we rely on the generosity of volunteers to take care of the \u2018extra\u2019 touches, and we are thankful to the NRG volunteers who gave their time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the rest of the story, please follow the jump.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NRG has been a steadfast supporter of the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad for many years now, not only through their Global Giving Day but also through financial donations and sponsorship support of fundraising events.<\/p>\n<p>Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad has played an integral role in the Carlsbad community since 1952, providing programs and services to thousands of young people. Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad invites you to tour their Clubhouse, and see how lives are changed on a daily basis. The organization is 100% funded by local donors. For more information, call (760) 729-0207, email info@bgccarlsbad.org, or visit www.bgccarlsbad.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees from NRG\u2019s Encina Power Plant took a break from delivering energy to customers, and instead contributed energy to the Carlsbad community through volunteer projects for the company\u2019s annual Global Giving Day. Crews were sent to two local nonprofits &#8211; the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad and La Posada de Guadalupe. At the Boys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12806"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12808,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12806\/revisions\/12808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}