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What is Project E.N.E.R.G.Y.?
What is Project E.N.E.R.G.Y.?
Project E.N.E.R.G.Y. is a Service Learning project conducted by Charlie Lansdale, Ethan Suhajda, Wyatt Kuchman, and Henry Leek. Our goal is to address the lack of renewable energy at Holliston, but what is our solution? We're going to help to install an electric vehicle charger at the Holliston parks and recreation building. This will provide clean and affordable energy that is accessible to any Holliston residence with electric vehicles as well as by helping the town of Holliston become more eco-friendly.
Community Need
Community Need
In a world full of technological and population increase, climate change has been on the rise drastically. Global temperatures and carbon emissions are at an all time high right now and many people won't even acknowledge that climate change is real or help to combat the issue. We want to prove how much can be accomplished by determined individuals who want to go-green. This project is significant to us since we have electric vehicle chargers in our house and want to expand these chargers to the town.
Project Goals and Progress
Project Goals and Progress
To help facilitate a public charger in Holliston, there are various tasks that need to be completed to better help us understand what goes into these chargers. So far, we've learned optimal places where chargers can be put to use, and met with local experts who have done similar projects and would like our help completing more. One major achievement we had was speaking in front of the Holliston school committee where we shared about our project and worked to convince the committee members that our plan was worth pursuing.
E.V. Charger Fundraiser
Every year HYSA has a Halloween themed soccer tournament for 4th-grade soccer and below. We took this tournament as a opportunity to raise money. We set up a fun and spooky booth next to the field and sold baked goods. At the fundraiser we made around $258 in the 6 hours we were there. With this money we are going to help with some expenses for the electric charger at the Holliston parks and rec building being built.
Educational Awareness: The Energy Challenge
To educate others about climate change and the power of clean electricity we are hosting an energy challenge with the class of 2027 that started on December 4, 2024. Students will track the amount of energy they use daily and input their usage onto a class spreadsheet. The person with the lowest personal usage by the end of the contest will get to choose to pie Wyatt or Charlie in the face or receive a 25 dollar Target gift card.
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Community Partners
Community Partners
James Keast
James Keast
James Keast is a part of the Holliston Parks and Rec Department and has ample experience in electric vehicle charger installation. He also works for the town of Holliston, providing our group with additional connections and influence. Recently, he was established an electric vehicle charger behind the superet downtown. His assistance, guidance, and special insight, will be a valuable tool to our project.
Dr. Jordan
Dr. Jordan
Dr. Jordan plays a major role in our operation. He serves as an advisor of our operation as well as helping us connect with organizations that help us push our project forward to the next step. We had multiple conferences with Dr. Jordan and we were always able to fall back on him as he helped us troubleshoot nearly every issue we ran into along the way.
About the Creators
Charlie Lansdale
My name is Charlie Lansdale, and I'm a sophomore at Holliston High. I play for the varsity lacrosse team and Coyotes Club lacrosse. Additionally I am part of the Leo's club as well as the Global Citizenship Program. I chose to pursue this project due to the state of the world right now. If we don't do something about climate change soon, then it might not ever be a solvable issue.
Ethan Suhajda
My name is Ethan Suhajda and I am a sophomore at Holliston High school. I am part of the soccer team, basketball team, DECA, HDAAC, Leos, Circle of Hope, TGIF, and Student Advisory Council. I am also enrolled in the Global Citizenship Program; this kindled my interest in helping the environment and improving the sustainability of our planet.
Henry Leek
My name is Henry Leek, I am a sophomore at Holliston High School. I play baseball and football. I am a part of the Global Citizens Program, as I have always been interested in global issues such as climate change. I chose to join this group because I felt that clean energy and sustainability were a high priority in the world right now, and teaming up to do something about it seemed like a perfect idea.
Wyatt Kuchman
My name is Wyatt Kuchman, I am a sophomore at Holliston High school, I am on the track team, I play club hockey and am part of several clubs including Model UN, GCP, Circle of hope, and HDAAC. As a young person climate change is going to impact me for a long time, and I want to do everything I can to help.
What Can you do?
What Can you do?
Educate: Research and learn about Climate, then share the information you learned to others.
Reach Out: Reach out to us through our Instagram and get involved.
Be Sustainable: You can help just by taking shorter showers, or shutting of the lights. Every little thing helps.
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