Community Investment: East Tennessee
With USEC's increased presence in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the Company has expanded its involvement in the local community, including the establishment of a local charitable giving committee.
The Company is supporting the renovation and expansion of the Oak Ridge High School through its multi-year donation to the Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation.
The committee is working to identify and support additional local organizations.
- USEC Inc. Donates $1,000 to the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge - August 25, 2008: USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge program in Oak Ridge recently donated $1,000 to the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.
USEC’s donation will support the Appalachian Heritage Project, which will present the culture and history of Southern Appalachia in educational, hands-on exhibits. Three authentic Appalachian cabins will teach children and adults about life in Appalachia in the late 1800s. The project will also include hands-on activities that introduce Appalachian culture through the crafts, music and storytelling of the region. The exhibits and activities will tie in with national curriculum standards and will enrich the study of Tennessee history for students in the surrounding school systems.
The Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge provides children with the opportunity to learn while playing and to create, discover, solve, and experience, within non-traditional, interactive exhibit galleries. It brings teachers, parents, caregivers and children together in an educational environment where classroom learning is supplemented, imaginations are kindled and learning opportunities in the arts, sciences, and history abound.
Contact:
Elizabeth Stuckle (301) 564-3399
- USEC Inc. Donates $300 to Alpha Kappa Alpha Golf Tournament to Support Local Youth - August 25, 2008: USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge program in Oak Ridge recently donated $300 to the Annual Summer Golf Challenge presented by the Xi Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and the Oak Ridge Hoofers Club of Oak Ridge Country Club.
The tournament, which is being held August 16 at the Oak Ridge Country Club, will promote junior golf and provide enrichment programs and scholarship opportunities that support local youth. Proceeds from the tournament will help ensure that every child has a chance to partake in the sport of golf and will help encourage youth to further their educational goals.
Contact:
Elizabeth Stuckle (301) 564-3399
- USEC Inc. Donates $2,000 To Keys Fillauer Invitational Golf Tournament To Benefit Knoxville Ronald McDonald House - August 1, 2008: USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge program in Oak Ridge recently donated $2,000 to the Keys Fillauer Invitational Golf Tournament to benefit the Knoxville Ronald McDonald House.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the annual golf tournament, which is being held August 1-2 at the Oak Ridge Country Club and is traditionally held during the first weekend of August.
Through the years, the tournament has raised over $444,000 for the Knoxville Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House is a home away from home that provides families a place of rest and comfort as they face medical issues that have placed one of their children in the hospital.
Bob Eby, the head of USEC’s Oak Ridge facilities, serves on the Keys Fillauer Invitational Board of Directors.
Contact:
Elizabeth Stuckle (301) 564-3399
- USEC Inc. Donates $1,000 To Oak Ridge’s Linden Elementary School - May 28, 2008: USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge program in Oak Ridge recently donated $1,000 to the Linden Elementary School so Linden’s Parent-Teacher Association can purchase supplies for the school’s new technology center.
Linden Elementary School’s technology center provides students from kindergarten through fourth grade with an opportunity for hands-on learning with state-of-the-art information technology systems. It was also designed to help prepare students for the information management challenges of the 21st century. Last year, Linden’s Parent-Teacher Association raised more than $30,000 to purchase computers, software and furniture for the school’s technology center. USEC’s donation will be used to help purchase interactive whiteboards, network printers, overhead projectors and a broadcast system.
Contact:
Elizabeth Stuckle (301) 564-3399
- USEC Inc. Donates $1,000 To Oak Ridge’s Big Ed’s Pizza Memorial Golf Tournament - April 16, 2008: USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge program in Oak Ridge recently donated $1,000 to the Big Ed’s Pizza Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Community Mediation Services in Oak Ridge. USEC’s Mark Blankenship, Ken Keever, Bob Love and David Willis will play in the tournament, which will take place Thursday, April 24, at the Oak Ridge County Club.
Community Mediation Services is a non-profit organization that administers three major programs that help people settle their differences peacefully – the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program, the Teen & Parent Mediation Program and the Visitation Mediation Program. Community Mediation Services is a United Way of Anderson County agency.
Contact: Elizabeth Stuckle (301) 564-3399
