Founding platinum sponsors Encana Oil and Gas and Shell along with AEP Foundation, City of Shreveport, United Way of Northwest Louisiana, and CenterPoint Energy, help fund the camps, provide learning aids, and guest speakers throughout the week-long camps. Bossier Parish Community College, Southern University at Shreveport, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches play host to the camps while our district partners from Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River Parishes assist with recruiting students to participate. This year, in partnership with NASA, an Engineer Jason Dugas shared how NASA uses energy in human spaceflight. This unique partnership demonstrates CERT's commitment to leverage its resources with the goal of making Energy Camp Louisiana a premier summer program in the community. Every Spring Energy Camp Louisiana graduates are invited to attend an Energy Camp Reunion at Sci-Port, where they reconnect with fellow campers. This is also an opportunity for staffers to track their former students ? As we move forward, CERT has been awarded grant from the Grayson Foundation to expand the energy camps for students who are interested in learning more about this growing industry. Plans are underway to place students into job shadowing positions and externships for qualified teachers in the workplace. Energy Camp Louisiana II will officially roll-out in July 2013!
