Lansing BWL, Community Partners to Hold Community Resource Fair

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) and more than a dozen nonprofit organizations and community partners will host a Community Resource Fair tomorrow, Tuesday, March 19 from 2-6pm at the Letts Community Center, 1220 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. The fair is designed to help connect BWL residential customers and greater Lansing residents behind on their bills to information on resources and financial assistance per available funding and eligibility.

These events have now helped an estimated 2,000 BWL customers catch up on nearly $3 million in past due utility bills. The fairs are free and open to the public with no pre-registration necessary. A full list of community partners include:

• BWL Customer Service and Hometown Energy Savers
• Capital Area Community Services
• Capital Area Housing Partnerships
• City of Lansing: Economic Development & Planning 
• City of Lansing Office of Financial Empowerment
• DivDat Kiosk
• EVE (End Violent Encounters)
• Greater Lansing Food Bank
• Ingham County Health and Resource Navigators 
• MDHHS Division of Environmental Health
• Nation Outside
• State of Michigan Treasury Unclaimed Property
• Tri-County Office on Aging
• Women's Center of Lansing

For more information about what assistance is available, visit www.lbwl.com/shutoffprotection.