Essential Utilities and Employees Team Up for $800,000 Donation to United Way
05 Avril 2024 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Annual giving campaign an integral part of
company’s commitment to communities across 9-state service area
Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announced today more than
$800,000 in total contributions for the United Way during the
company’s 2023-2024 giving campaign, The Essential Way. The total
donation was achieved through a matching gift from the company’s
Essential Foundation on top of individual pledges made by employees
from its water and gas segments, Aqua and Peoples Natural Gas.
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More than 2,000 employees participated in the campaign to
support 479 deserving community organizations, including United Way
organizations across Essential’s nine-state footprint and many
other nonprofits in the United Way network. Aqua and Peoples have
partnered with the United Way for more than two decades, donating
more than $3.1 million in just the past four years since the
companies united under Essential Utilities.
The United Way employee giving program allows team members to
direct their contributions to causes that are important to them and
their local community. Employees selected a variety of initiatives,
including health and human services, education, housing and hunger
relief, the environment, animal welfare and more. The corporate
match will be directed to those same organizations through the
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and the
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, as the hosts of the
campaign.
“While I am absolutely thrilled by our team’s generosity, I'm
not surprised—our Essential employees are deeply passionate about
improving the communities we serve, through the work we do each day
in providing Earth’s most natural resources, and by giving back to
deserving community causes,” said Essential Chairman and CEO
Christopher Franklin. “We are proud to partner with the United Way,
and we look forward to continuing our collective positive impact
that ripples across our service territory through meaningful
contributions and employee volunteerism.”
In the Philadelphia region, the company ranked among the top 7%
of over 250 workplace campaigns in the nine-county region served by
the nonprofit. The campaign saw increased employee participation
across the board, up 15.5% among employees company-wide, and 17% in
the Greater Philadelphia region, from the 2022 campaign. This is a
huge accomplishment and one of the highest increases across all
sectors that host workplace campaigns.
When asked what makes the Essential campaign so significant,
Bill Golderer, President and CEO of the United Way of Greater
Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey said, “It’s the generosity,
the heart, the commitment...we just came through the pandemic, and
without the strength of that workplace campaign, our communities
would have really suffered. It’s one of the strongest, most
reliable, and one of the fastest growing campaigns in our entire
footprint, and that collective giving provides the fuel for our
neighbors to overcome the obstacles that they face every day.”
In Pittsburgh, Peoples Natural Gas has also partnered with the
United Way on Pennsylvania’s 2-1-1 program, which helps to connect
residents in need with resources available in their community,
including help with utility bills, housing assistance and
after-school programming for children.
“I’ve had the opportunity to interact with Essential employees
at all levels in this community, and it’s an organization of people
who care about and deliver on promises to help us build a better
region, and I’m very thankful for that,” shared Bobbi Watt Geer,
President & CEO of the United Way of Southwestern
Pennsylvania.
The United Way Campaign is part of Essential’s commitment to the
communities it serves. In 2023 alone, the company donated $5
million to charitable initiatives that support health and human
services, environmental causes, economic development, diversity and
inclusion, education and emergency services.
About Essential
Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) delivers safe, clean,
reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals,
families, and entire communities. With a focus on water, wastewater
and natural gas, Essential is committed to sustainable growth,
operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier
employer status. We are advocates for the communities we serve and
are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600
acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.
Operating as the Aqua and Peoples brands, Essential serves
approximately 5.5 million people across 9 states. Essential is one
of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service
and natural gas providers in the U.S. Learn more at
www.essential.co.
About United Way
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
(UWGPSNJ) is on a mission to end poverty and expand opportunity for
all. Serving Pennsylvania’s Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia counties, and New Jersey’s Atlantic, Burlington,
Camden, Cape May and Cumberland counties, United Way creates
solutions that break the cycle of poverty. As part of a network of
independent local nonprofit organizations, United Way provides
countless ways to give, advocate and volunteer. To learn more,
visit www.unitedforimpact.org.
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