On Our Way

February 15, 2018

We’ve officially launched our Maize Solar Initiative program. The program could save $30,000 in electricity costs for the school each year. When the See Beyond Campaign is complete the amount of energy the solar panels would produce is equivalent of Maize High School being “off the grid” for about 40 years. A driving force behind this campaign is not only to save money for the school but also leave the Earth in better condition than we’ve found it. Our goal is to raise $385,000.00 for the entire campaign. However, we hope to have enough money raised ($100,000) to begin construction by the end of Summer 2018.

Grand Plan

Raise $385,000 to install solar panels on Maize High School.
The approximate savings of $3000/month will be placed in a solar savings account with the cumulative account balance on the website.
Once sufficient savings have reached a threshold, Maize South High School will be outfitted with solar panels and those savings added to the solar savings account.
Continue to add more schools as the savings become exponential.
Once all of the schools have solar panels, then all of the savings will then be available for enhanced curriculum, technology, reduced class size, etc.
The 240 kW system at Maize High School will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 270 tons per year.