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Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Promotes Education with Grant Award to Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 Foundation

Evanston, Wyoming – Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 Foundation has been awarded a grant from Rocky Mountain Power Foundation for $3000.  The grant provides support for students of Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 programs for employment and career training, literacy, high school equivalency preparation, and life skills.  

Mike Williams, executive director of Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 stated, “The grant awarded from Rocky Mountain Power provides much needed support for students in our programs especially in this time when the need is so high.  This grant funding will help people improve their lives and get much needed education and training to affect not only their future, but their children’s lives as well.   We truly appreciate this grant and thank Rocky Mountain Power Foundation.”     

Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 is a higher education facility serving community education and training  needs in Evanston, Wyoming and the surrounding area. Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 provides comprehensive educational services to our community. 

The Rocky Mountain Power Foundation is one of the largest utility-endowed foundations in the United States. The foundation was created in 1988 by PacifiCorp, an electric utility serving 1.8 million customers in six Western states as Rocky Mountain Power (Utah, Wyoming and Idaho) and Pacific Power (Oregon, Washington and California). The foundation’s mission, through charitable investments, is to support the growth and vitality of the communities served by Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power. For more information, visit www.rockymountainpower.net/foundation or www.pacificpower.net/foundation.