At the end of each year, employee owners of A&R Solar make cash donations to charities that are important to them. A&R Solar now has 13 employee owners (employees are eligible for ownership after three years with the company), up from six in 2015.
The organizations receiving cash donations this year are:
- Rainier Valley Food Bank (two owners chose this nonprofit)
- YouthCare (two owners chose this nonprofit)
- Mt. Si Food Bank
- Pure Food Kids Foundation
- Thurston County Food Bank
- Hamomi Children’s Centre
- Coral Reef Alliance
- The Experimental Education Unit at UW
- Treehouse for Kids
- Matsiko World Orphan Choir
- Ronald McDonald House
- Seattle Children’s Hospital
In February, we donated a 1kW system valued at $6,750 to the Hanford Challenge Auction. Read more about our community involvement, including solar energy system donations.