Printer Friendly Version - North Haven Clean Energy Task Force Helps Make Better Homes and Good Neighbors

From left, John Greeno of New England Conservation Services, North Haven Clean Energy Task Force members Hugh Davis Kenny Foscue, Joe Roy of CMC Energy Services; North Haven Congregational Church Food Pantry volunteer John Tibor, Reverend Scott Morrow of the Congregational Church, and Andy Mayshar of the Clean Energy Task Force celebrate a $6,075 donation to the church’s food pantry made possible through Home Energy Solutions rebates.Photo courtesy of the North Haven Clean Energy Task Force

Hundreds of North Haven families benefited from home energy assessments this year and, in turn, rebates from the vendor energy companies will benefit many more via the efforts of the North Haven Clean Energy Task Force.

The North Haven Congregational Church Food Pantry recently received a $6,075 donation from the Clean Energy Task Force, which passed through the home emergency assessment rebate money to help individuals and families put meals on their tables. The pantry is particularly busy this time of year, preparing for Thanksgiving and the holidays when it distributes hundreds of boxes of donated dry food as well as turkeys, hams, and dairy products.

“The Clean Energy Task Force helps town residents to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and lower their energy bills. The North Haven Churches Food Pantry provides food to our neighbors and their families. The task force’s contribution helps us greatly, and multiplies their impact in our community,” said Scott Morrow, pastor of the congregational church just a few doors down from Town Hall on the North Haven Green.

The town’s Clean Energy Task Force, one of more than 60 such groups around the state, has worked with the Home Energy Solutions (HES) campaign twice before and always donates the rebate money.

“Our task force thanks the almost 250 North Haven residents who completed the HES assessments. They are contributing to reducing fossil fuel use and therefore reducing greenhouse gases—and they are saving money,” in addition to helping those who are food insecure, said Kenny Foscue, chairman of the eight-member task force. “A special thanks goes out to the vendors for their donation to the food pantry.”

The vendors for the home energy reviews were CMC Energy Services and New England Conservation Services.

The task force, created in 2007, aims to address climate change locally by promoting energy efficiency and clean energy programs to assist residents, businesses, and municipal government to reduce their carbon footprint and save money.