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Thanks to its participation in an informational event on wind turbines, Team Hyper is one step closer to their financial goal to raise money to attend next year’s competitions.

The Quincy 2000 Collaborative and the Quincy Technology Council awarded the team with a $1200 check at an October 14 event at the Quincy Historical Society.

The money was raised through donations for admission at the June event to spread information on wind turbines, which featured Mayor Thomas P. Koch. The October event was the second in the series of informational meetings and it featured a discussion on the Green Communities Act and how it affects wind energy projects in Quincy from Senator Michael Morrissey.

Joseph Giggey, owner of Gig IT Consulting and chairman of the Quincy Technology Council, with Quincy Public Schools' Team Hyper members: Julie Chernicki, Robert Hudson and Abby Egan; and Dean Rizzo, executive director of Quincy 2000 Collaborative.

The Green Communities Act is considered a landmark energy bill signed earlier this year by Governor Deval Patrick. It will help renewable power projects in Massachusetts get off the ground to make homes and businesses more energy efficient by lessening dependence on fossil fuels and promoting the use of clean technologies.

Event sponsors included the New England Wind Fund, One Communications, Jay Cashman, the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance, and Gig IT Consulting.

Team Hyper is in its 11th year with partners Gillette and Quincy Public Schools and currently includes 46 high school students, eight teachers, a number of engineers, machinists and technicians from Gillette, and several team alumni.