Entergy Announces Winners of Power to Care Facebook Challenge

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After nearly three months of voting, five different nonprofits across Entergy's (NYSE: ETR) service territory each are receiving $25,000 grants as part of The Power to Care Facebook Challenge. More than 54,000 votes were cast in the contest.  

The winners in each of Entergy's five service territories are:

• Arkansas – Heifer International
• Louisiana – Second Harvest Food Bank
• Mississippi – Friends of Children's Hospital
• Texas – Julie Rogers "Gift of Life" Program
• New Orleans – Reconcile New Orleans

In addition to the $25,000 grants going to the winners, the other four finalists in each service area will also receive a $1,000 grant from Entergy. All told, Entergy is giving away $145,000 in grants as part of The Power to Care Facebook Challenge.

The competition began in early October and allowed anyone with a Facebook account to vote twice a month for one of 25 charities at facebook.com/thepowertocare.

"The Power to Care Facebook Challenge was a new way for us to highlight the great work that nonprofits in our community are doing and to engage customers as well," said Patty Riddlebarger, Entergy's director of corporate social responsibility. "The response to the Power to Care challenge from customers and other Facebook users has been so positive that we will be launching a new contest beginning in January.

"We encourage nonprofits and members of the community to continue posting their updates and news on The Power to Care Facebook page," Riddlebarger added. "A random drawing will be held each month to select the 'post of the month.' Winning agencies each month will receive a $1,000 grant."

Entergy Corporation and its employees are committed to giving back to the communities it serves. Last year Entergy Corporation and the Entergy Charitable Foundation awarded grants totaling more than $15.8 million to almost 3,000 nonprofit organizations.  

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $10 billion and more than 15,000 employees.

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