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COMMUNITY SERVICE – TEAM AWARD

WAGNER ELECTRIC IEC NATIONAL 2019 AWARDS | INDIVIDUAL AND CHAPTER AWARD WINNERS

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Wagner Electric from IEC Kentucky and Southern Over 20,000 children with disabilities in Louisville and the
Indiana received the IEC Community Service surrounding area have been identified with a disability
Team Award for their contributions to the Muscle that would make them eligible to play baseball in a Miracle
Lighting System at the Miracle League. League program. The goal was to create a facility that would
allow these children the opportunity to play baseball.
The Miracle League removes the barriers that keep
children with mental and physical disabilities off Wagner Electric donated all the labor, materials and
the baseball field and lets them experience the joy Musco Lighting System to The Miracle League. Wagner
of America’s favorite pastime. The main barrier for Electric designed the electrical requirements to furnish
these children arises from natural grass fields used in all of the field lighting, scoreboards, PA systems,
conventional youth leagues and proper assistance. playground lighting, future splash park, security, general
illumination, musco lighting system, general security and
IEC NATIONAL 2019 AWARDS | INDIVIDUAL AND CHAPTER AWARD WINNERS
This field has a special surface soft enough for children playground lighting. Approximately 20 to 30 employees
with “Brittle Bone Syndrome” to play on safely, and at and the two owners were engaged in the project.
the same time it’s strong enough to support children that
need to use wheelchairs or a walker to get around.

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