Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Saint-Gobain Solar Guard donates more than $20,000 to schools

More than $20,000 in supplies and cash has been donated to four elementary schools by employees, staff and charitable giving arm of local company Saint-Gobain Solar Gard Performance Plastics.
At Baker Elementary Lindbergh Schweitzer in Clairemont, Baker Elementary in Mountain View, Gage Elementary in San Carlos and Logan K-8 in Logan Heights each received several boxes of supplies and a check for $1,725 as part of its program to give back to its community. The school supplies were collected and purchased by employees.

At Lindbergh Schweitzer, ASB Officers Kaylee Broadhead, Jordan Salazar and Naomy Harvey greeted Saint-Gobain employees Maria Perez, Moira Peraza and Susie Tolentino and gratefully accepted the company's donations of school supplies and a check.

"Generous businesses such as Saint-Gobain Solar Gard that support teaching and learning in the classroom by providing these donations are another reason students at Lindbergh Schweitzer are achieving success every day," said Lindbergh Schweitzer Principal Deanne Rohde. "We're so grateful for support such as this from our community.

Headquartered in San Diego, Solar Gard makes industry leading architectural and automotive window films, photovoltaics and custom coatings. A division of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, Solar Gard’s architectural solar control window films are proven carbon negative and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.