ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Power has donated $10,000 to Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites to help kickstart the “Georgia in Color” initiative. The program provides free EnChroma color accessibility glasses for state park visitors.
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The EnChroma glasses use specialized optical filters to enhance color contrast, helping people with red-green color vision deficiency view fall foliage, spring wildflowers and scenic landscapes. The new funding follows a $25,000 donation Georgia Power made to the nonprofit organization at the end of 2025 to develop the program.
Hundreds of Georgia Power volunteers were scheduled to deploy on Saturday, Sept. 26, for Your State Parks Day. Hosted by Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites in celebration of National Public Lands Day, the annual event organizes volunteers to clean up and care for state parks across Georgia.
Trey Kilpatrick serves as senior vice president of External Affairs at Georgia Power. Kilpatrick commented on the initiative and the ongoing partnership with the nonprofit organization. “Georgia’s state parks are a tremendous natural resource and asset for our state, driving travel and tourism for local communities and hosting millions of visitors each year,” Kilpatrick said.
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“At Georgia Power, we’re committed to making our communities better because we are here. We’re excited to help more visitors enjoy a full experience through the Georgia in Color initiative and to continue to partner with Friends of Georgia State Parks to protect and care for these special places so they can be enjoyed by Georgians and visitors from around the world for generations to come.” Damon Kirkpatrick is the president and CEO of Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, a statewide nonprofit that works with leaders and operates more than 50 local chapters to preserve natural and cultural resources.
Kirkpatrick discussed the impact of the accessibility effort.
”The color accessibility glasses represent a continuation of park accessibility efforts by Georgia Power and Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites. The organizations previously collaborated with the Aimee Copeland Foundation to place all-terrain Trackchairs in Georgia state parks for visitor use."
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