Outreach

Reliant Energy creates collaborative partnerships to better communities, educate children, provide recreation, remove debris and accomplish other services. We also provide leadership and expertise at local meetings, speaking engagements, research and education support and provide a helping hand with other volunteer activities. We work at all levels from the grass roots to support the communities where we live and work.

We encourage and support our employees to be a constant presence in our communities. Year round, employees donate their time and dollars to numerous charitable contributions and other worthy initiatives. 

Outreach Programs

• AIDS Foundation of Houston Red Ribbon Toy Drive
  Our employees help bring new toys to children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS who may not otherwise receive holiday gifts.  
  
  
• Armand Bayou Nature Center
  Our volunteers help to preserve wetlands, prairie, forest and marsh habitats at the Armand Bayou Nature Center. Additionally, we perform nature trail rehabilitation, potting of native vegetation for later transplanting along bays & bayous and heritage garden rehabilitation.
  
  
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston
  Reliant Energy and NRG employees donate new school supplies to Boys & Girls Clubs for under-served kids. In addition, our employee tutoring program helps youngsters with school work each week at three locations near downtown Houston.
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America Expo - Houston
  Reliant Energy helped send 200 Boy Scouts to camp and 100 more to Texans Field Day. 
  
  
• City of Houston
  We help the City of Houston with crisis resolution at one of 18 Comfort Stations or Health Centers around Houston.
  
  
• Elves & More Bike Build Program
  This program helps change lives, one bike at a time, by helping children get to after-school events, tutors, mentors, and jobs. Reliant Energy raises funds and helps build bikes in an assembly-line process.
  
  
• Galveston Bay Foundation
  Reliant-sponsored Bay Day is an event created by the Galveston Bay Foundation to offer educational and family fun activities regarding issues and influences impacting Galveston Bay. Reliant employees take an active role in Bay Day by sponsoring and assisting with the Karma Floating Classroom, running an energy efficiency booth, an environmental booth, and other volunteer assistance activities.
  
  
• Global Day of Giving  
  We encourage employees in every office, power plant and state to spend one day giving something back to the community by volunteering their services. We recently selected Project Row House and completed an external makeover of the community building for young mothers and their families.
  
  
• Houston Food Bank
  We help this worthy organization with warehouse management, volunteer coordination and transportation services.
  
  
• Interfaith Ministries Meals on Wheels
  Reliant Energy volunteers sign up to make monthly deliveries of food to homebound seniors in our area. 
  
  
• March of Dimes
  Each year our employees help fight for our tiniest citizens through our involvement in the March of Dimes’ largest fundraiser, March for Babies. Since 2002, Reliant Energy and its employees have contributed extensively to this worthy cause. 
  
  
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  Reliant Energy volunteers and raises funds for this two-day bike ride from Houston to Austin; the largest event of its kind in North America with 13,000 registered cyclists, 3,000 volunteers.
  
  
• Susan G. Komen  
  Reliant Energy is a proud supporter of the Komen Race for the Cure in Houston and in other communities we serve. In addition to the company’s support, Reliant employees contribute by running, walking and donating time and money.
  
  
• Trees of Houston
  Reliant Energy helps Trees of Houston celebrate Earth Day by planting and mulching trees to benefit our community and environment. Trees for Houston donates bald cypress seedlings to area schools and civic organizations.
  
  
• United Way
  Since 2002, we have conducted an annual campaign to raise money for United Way programs, which support initiatives in more than a dozen states. While each United Way affiliate chooses how to use its funds, common focus areas include helping children and youth succeed, strengthening and supporting families, promoting self sufficiency, building vital and safe neighborhoods and supporting the elderly.
  
  
• YMCA Cool Days
  Reliant Energy partners with Greater Houston YMCA to present the summer Cool Days campaign. The campaign promotes fun summer activities around the greater Houston area for YMCA members and potential members.