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Eight workers from the electric power plant along Route 61 in Ontelaunee Township arrived at a room in the middle school to help unpack and assemble items bought with the money.
Volunteers hung a punching bag, inflated a large rubber ball and assembled a small trampoline. They unpacked a jumbo checkers set, a foam balance beam, videos, computer software and other educational materials.
Two hours later, the empty space was transformed into a physical education room for children with autism and other physical disabilities.
"I had envisioned it, but I didn't have money to source it," said Dana L. Carter, a learning support teacher at the middle school. "For me, it's unbelievable.
"Now, if my kids are stimming (a repetitive body movement associated with autism) or having behavioral problems, they can come here and have a break, get some healthy exercise and be more focused when they return to the classroom."
The newly transformed room is part of the middle school's verbal behavioral program, which is new this year and serves a growing number of students with autism and physical disabilities.
The room will be used regularly by 10 to 15 students, and special education students will use it during scheduled times.
It also is available as a break room for student athletes on the mend from physical injuries.
Ontelaunee Energy's donation came through Dynegy's Education and Youth Program, which offers a $2,500 grant for volunteer projects benefiting education-related nonprofit organizations.
This is the first year Ontelaunee Energy participated in the grant program, said Phyllis Meals, plant engineer.
"I thought it was a great idea to give back to the community," said Pete Quattrini, who works in operations at the naturalgas-fired power plant.
Quattrini and his family recently moved into the district from Pittsburgh. His daughter Michelle is in eighth grade at Schuylkill Valley Middle School and his son John is a senior at Schuylkill Valley High School.
Ontelaunee Energy Center is located in the Schuylkill Valley School District, but plant employees plan to share their grant opportunity with the neighboring Muhlenberg School District in 2009, Meals said.
Part of the Dynegy grant also was used to purchase "Our Nation" materials for use by fi fthgraders in Schuylkill Valley, Superintendant Solomon Lausch said. The program, offered through Junior Achievement, introduces students to business and career skills.
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