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07/23/2019

The Klein Receives $5K Grant for After-School Arts Program

The Klein Receives $5K Grant for After-School Arts Program

The Klein Receives $5K Grant for After-School Arts Program

BRIDGEPORT — The Klein Memorial Auditorium’s after-school arts program was one of 10 organizations across the country to receive a $5,000 grant from the Avangrid Foundation.
 
Avangrid, the parent company of United Illuminating, held an open call for employee nominations of community-based programs that invest in the well-being of young people.
 
The Klein Theater Arts program was nominated by Angela Owen-Pierce, an employee of Southern CT Gas who watched her daughter blossom through her participation in the program.
 
“She’s very talented but very shy so when I saw her performing, she came out of her shell,” Owen-Pierce said of her daughter in a video posted by the Avangrid Foundation.
 
The KTA program is the only tuition-free after-school arts education program in Bridgeport.
 
“KTA serves an important need to those kids who need a safe place to go after school and whose families cannot afford alternative, fee-based arts education programs,” reads the Klein’s website.

About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.

 

About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.

With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.