"Wail Alselwi, owner of Zack's Finest Deli & Grocery in Staten Island, developed the 'Grades for Grabs' program, which rewards children for earning good grades and improving their grades with money and snacks," said Alselwi. A community-wide fund-raising effort has generated over $587,000 for the initiative."
One such effort in Canada is looking at how the use of electric school buses can provide a solution as backup generators in cases of emergencies where severe weather causes power outages.