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Making it merry at Sullivan Elementary

Children with crayons in front of Christmas banner.

The children at Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership elementary school are just like children at other Hillsborough County schools. They love candy. They enjoy getting gifts. They like to play more than they like homework.   You wouldn’t know they’ve been homeless, and that some of them still live at the Metropolitan Ministries shelter right across the street.  Tampa Electric has played a been a community partner at the school for four…

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TECO turns Mega Night electric at Rampello Magnet School

They’re too young to own homes, and you won’t see even the oldest among them behind the wheel of a car for at least a couple more years. But the students of Rampello Magnet School in Tampa know commitment to the community when they see it – and they saw a lot of it when Tampa Electric brought its electric vehicles and residential energy-saving programs to the school’s recent Mega…

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Community

Meet TECO’s brain behind Odyssey of the Mind

When it comes to doing good things in the community, you could say Laurie Filardo has her head in the right place: in addition to her role as business analyst with Tampa Electric’s Energy Supply team, she helps sculpt young minds as the regional director of Odyssey of the Mind. Odyssey of the Mind, a nationwide program, helps students in kindergarten through college develop reasoning and critical thinking skills individually…

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Community For Home

Gasparilla season is here – and TECO is onboard with smiling faces for the community

For many TECO team members, the company’s commitment to the community includes things like free Home Energy Audits to help customers save money, solar power projects to grow the use of clean energy, and system upgrades to enhance our 99.9 percent power service reliability. On Jan. 23, we joined the thousands who took to the streets for the Gasparilla Children’s Parade, bringing our own brand of community engagement to a…

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Community For Home

Advocates of early childhood education have an ally in TECO’s Luke Buzard – and Governor Rick Scott agrees

With an appointment from Florida Governor Rick Scott, TECO Director of Audit Services Luke Buzard enters 2016 with an additional set of responsibilities through April as a member of the board of the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County (ELCHC). Guiding a $72 million annual operating budget, the ELCHC undertakes a variety of efforts related to early learning. They include informing and educating parents about early learning opportunities for their…

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