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In their first year as a school business
partner, IBEW 1547 took their partnership seriously
and worked hard to provide educational opportunities,
moral
support and fun activities to the students
at Denali Elementary.
The partnership began with a barbecue at the beginning
of the school year
dedicated to the newly renovated
school. IBEW provided the food and volunteers to run
the event and called upon their friends at the Firefighters
Local 1264 to provide the barbecue grill and a fire
truck for the kids to check out.
 Educational opportunity was provided to the 4th, 5th
and 6th graders with a presentation about indoor and
outdoor electrical safety given by IBEW journeyman
wireman, Dennis Traylor and journeyman lineman, Terry
Johnson.
Denali student Colton Collins won four passes to H2Oasis
and the privilege of riding on the float that he designed
as part of a contest IBEW held to find a theme for
their float in the Parade of Lights event held in November.
Colton said, “It was really fun being a part
of the parade. I was really surprised when they picked
my float design for the “Parade of Lights”.
I found out after the contest that my grandfather is
a member of I.B.E.W.”
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IBEW members got together to provide moral support
to students at Denali by writing over 400 postcards—one
to each and every student at Denali—as part
of Camp Fire USA’s Absolutely Incredible Kid’s
Day. It’s a day when Camp Fire USA asks adults
to send letters of love and support to all children
in order to boost their self esteem and have a positive
impact on their lives. Tami Phelps, Kindergarten
teacher said, “The personalized notes to all
of the children at our school from I.B.E.W on Kids’ Day
were incredible! The children beamed when they saw
a positive note with their name on it. The I.B.E.W.
has provided incredible support for everyone at our
school.”
IBEW
helped to reward students by providing a pizza
party and gift certificates
from Barnes and Noble for those
children who voluntarily gave up their
recess to clean the lunchroom each day.
Over 50 pounds of candy was donated
for teachers to use as incentives and
IBEW contributed snacks for Denali’s
Idit-a-Read Program. The PTA was given
30 passes to H2Oasis to give away at
their annual Halloween Carnival. It was a very rewarding first year for
the students at Denali, as well as the
many IBEW members who contributed to
the School Business Partnership. IBEW
looks forward to many more years of having
a positive impact on the education
and lives of the kids at Denali
Elementary.
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