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This March, as millions across the globe celebrated International Women\u2019s Month, Gloria wrote a new page in Belle Haven\u2019s history as the first recipient of a GRID solar system.<\/p>\n<p>The solar system now up and running on Gloria\u2019s roof was made possible thanks to a partnership between GRID Alternatives, Facebook, and Menlo Spark that will allow 10 low-income Belle Haven families to access the benefits of renewable energy. The partners, featured here with Gloria (second from left), were all represented at her solar installation by women leaders at the respective organizations, bringing International Women\u2019s Month to life on a Belle Haven roof!<\/p>\n<p>Gloria\u2019s celebration was contagious as she shared wisdom and laughs with GRID\u2019s installation team. \u201cListen,\u201d she shared after learning of her estimated energy cost savings from the new solar system, \u201cwhen you are on such a tight budget, when you are low-income, this makes a big difference. It is going to help me a whole lot. I live on $980 a month \u2013 I know how to budget!\u201d Gloria is one of the many female-headed households GRID serves each year. She\u2019s spent her life giving back, in her community and abroad as a missionary, and most looks forward to using some of her savings to do things with her 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Her biggest advice to living so generously for 76 years? \u201cYou create yourself. You have to be good to yourself first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloria\u2019s home is the first of the Facebook-funded Belle Haven installs, which will save the families receiving the systems an estimated $250,000 and prevent 550 tons of greenhouse gas emissions! 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