Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlett, a fourth-grade teacher at Cave Spring Elementary School, has been awarded a technology grant from the Georgia Power Foundation.  Georgia Power representatives Curtis Hart and Anne Kaiser visited Mrs. Bartlett’s classroom to present the grant to the teacher and her class.  Joining Hart and Kaiser were: Floyd County Schools Superintendent Dr. Lynn Plunkett, Cave Spring Elementary Assistant Principal Trina Self, and Cave Spring Principal Susan Childers. 

Mrs. Bartlett will use the $1,000 grant toward the purchase an interactive white board, commonly known as a “SmartBoard,” for her classroom.  The interactive white board allows the teacher to not only write on the board but also to project video, a computer’s desktop image and information Internet websites onto the board for classroom instruction. 

In 1986, Georgia Power created the Georgia Power Foundation to bring greater clarity and strategic focus to the company’s philanthropic activities. The Foundation is an independent legal entity providing grants to organizations that are enriching the communities served by Georgia Power.  According to the Foundation’s website, the Foundation has contributed more than $90 million to qualifying nonprofit organizations since its inception. With an asset value of approximately $135 million, the Foundation currently ranks as the third-largest corporate foundation in Georgia, funding about 440 endeavors each year. Georgia Power has contributed more than $90 million to the Foundation since1986.