New ‘PowerHouse’ Program Highlights
2006 Duquesne Light Home & Garden Show
Consistent with the company’s commitment to the communities it serves, Duquesne
Light’s sponsorship of the 25th annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, March 3-12,
once again focused on helping neighbors in need.
During the show, the company joined with Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity, which
is celebrating 20 years of providing low-income families with affordable housing,
to introduce the “Duquesne Light PowerHouse” program. As part of this special
program, home show attendees and other volunteers assisted Habitat for Humanity
in constructing three homes inside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
Duquesne Light employee volunteers kicked off the program on opening night, and
continued to help with the construction throughout the 10-day show. Afterwards,
Habitat for Humanity moved the structures to local sites, where they will become
new homes for deserving families.
In addition to the PowerHouse program, Duquesne Light’s booth at the home show
featured a variety of interactive games for the entire family, along with
information on the company’s ongoing efforts to invest more than $500 million
in the region’s aging electrical infrastructure.
Overall, more than 140 employee volunteers signed up to support Duquesne
Light’s efforts at the home show. Following are photographs taken during the
event:
With her colleagues looking on, a Duquesne Light employee volunteer cuts the
ribbon on the “PowerHouse” program.
Employee volunteers move wooden framework of Habitat for Humanity home for assembling.
A group of volunteers lifts an outside wall for Habitat house.
Volunteers position an inner wall into place.
The Penguins mascot – Ice Burgh – joins volunteers for a group photo.
At Duquesne Light’s booth, home show attendees use rub-off tickets to try to win one of
the “electrifying” prizes available to visitors.
Visitors line up for a chance to win prizes, which ranged from Duquesne Light glowsticks to
a DVD player.
The interactive games at Duquesne Light’s booth were designed to teach home show attendees more
about electricity. In the photo, visitors learn the basic workings of an electrical circuit.
A young girl plays a game that quizzes participants on which
appliances use more electricity.
Family members hold hands to complete an electric circuit – illuminating the
light bulb at the top of this exhibit.
A home show hopeful sings the “Electric Slide” song in a contest to win tickets to a Penguins game.
Ice Burgh, who made a special appearance at Duquesne Light’s booth, greets a young home show visitor.
