DP&L Employees Volunteer for Earth Day.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 Employees from The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPL (Digital PowerLine) An earlier technology for transmitting a 1 Mbps data signal over electric power lines from Nortel Networks. It was developed in the late 1990s, but later abandoned due to implementation difficulties. See broadband over power lines. ), working with Five Rivers MetroParks and Rebuilding Together Rebuilding Together is a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing and rebuilding communities, buildings, and houses for low-income homeowners and neighborhoods through the use of volunteer labor. Dayton, will mark Earth Day by volunteering to clean a portion of the Great Miami River Great Miami River See Miami River. and helping to repair the homes of the needy. Both activities will take place Saturday, April 26. RIVER CORRIDOR CLEANUP From 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, DP&L employees and their families will clean the banks of the Great Miami Great Miami, river: see Miami, river. as part of the River Corridor Cleanup being held throughout the Dayton area and organized by Five Rivers MetroParks. Over the past ten years, more than 250 DP&L employees have helped with this worthy cause. NATIONAL REBUILDING DAY DP&L volunteers will also participate in National Rebuilding Day, organized locally by Rebuilding Together Dayton. The DP&L team will put their skills to work painting, landscaping, and rehabbing a home in Dayton. Rebuilding Together Dayton is the local affiliate of Rebuilding Together, a national non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. , which works in collaboration with local businesses to transform homes in need of repair, particularly for the elderly and disabled. Since its inception in 1996, the Dayton organization has rebuilt 168 homes. DPL Inc. is a diversified regional energy company. DPL's principal subsidiaries include The Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L) and DPL Energy. DP&L provides electric services to over 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio. DPL Energy markets over 4,600 megawatts of generation capacity throughout the eastern United States. DPL Inc., through its subsidiaries, ranks among the top energy companies in generation efficiency and productivity. Further information on DPL Inc. can be found at www.dplinc.com. |
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