Bruce Power is celebrating its 15th anniversary by helping to sell trees.
The company has contributed $30,000 to local environmental organizations that have sold hundreds of trees to residents this spring at a reduced price.
Bruce Power joined forces with the Town of Saugeen Shores, SauGreen and the Get Outdoors Youth Club in Saugeen Shores, the Municipality of Kincardine, Penetangore Watershed Group, SauGreen and the Welcome Home Haiti Group in Kincardine.
Those groups held tree sales that saw nearly 500 tall trees purchased for local planting. Bruce Power’s contribution allowed the trees to be sold at a reduced price.
"Bruce Power is pleased to be supporting these initiatives again this year with a donation of $30,000 for the tree sale and parks plantings," says Kevin Kelly, acting president and chief financial officer. "We are glad to see so many mature trees going where they will store carbon and clean the environment in neighbourhoods along the Lake Huron shoreline."
Over the past 15 years, Bruce Power has grown from a four-unit site into the world’s largest operating nuclear facility, with eight operating units. It now provides 30% of Ontario’s power.
The life of the site has been secured through an amended agreement with the province that will see six units refurbished over the next 20 years.
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