NEED A GRANT?: Molly Cartmill, Sempra Energy's director of Community Relations & Corporate Events, says, "Groups that work to show the natural connection between what they do and what the company is trying to achieve make a grant-maker's job easy."

Ever wonder how you can make your grant proposal to a company a real standout? Sharing Works asked Molly Cartmill, Sempra Energy's director of Community Relations & Corporate Events.

1. Find alignment between what you do and a company's core products or services. In the case of an energy company, building your case around economic development and retention, environment, safety or emergency preparedness provides greater natural alignment than, say, medical research, youth sports or fitness programs...

MAKING A SPLASH: Kids at the Hackberry Recreation Center in Louisiana got back into the swim when the pool and center were rebuilt after damage from Hurricane Rita. Sempra Energy gave the center a contribution and underwrote a festival there.

Talk about making a splash.

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco was on hand this past summer to see dozens of local kids get back into the swim of things at the re-opening of the swimming pool at the Hackberry Recreation Center in Hackberry, La.

Hackberry is the home of Sempra Energy's Cameron LNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) receipt terminal site. The site is about 20 percent complete and it's on schedule to go into operation in late 2008...
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After Hurricane Rita, volunteers in Louisiana brought the Hackberry Recreation Center back to life. See the photos.

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