Colin Lualdi, a Weston resident and student at the Learning Center for Deaf Children in Framingham, is organizing a fund drive to send his sixth grade class to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL to attend Space Camp this spring. Colin's class has come upon an interesting fundraising idea that will help them earn money and also help the environment.
Colin and his class are selling Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs in their communities. The bulbs are supplied to the students by NSTAR at no charge so all the profit goes to offset the cost of the student's Space Camp tuition. Since their overhead is low the students are able to sell the light bulbs at a very competitive price of $3-$4 each.
These CFL bulbs use 75% less energy than a typical incandescent bulb and will last 7 to 10 times longer. If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star CFL, we would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gasses equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars!
If you would like to help Colin and his classmates while at the same time make your home more energy efficient please contact info@westonclimategroup.org with COLIN BULBS in the subject line.
Thank you for your support. - The Lualdi's of Weston
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