Our Days of Caring Were Great!
October 27, 2022
Once again, FirstEnergy employees enthusiastically volunteered for United Way Day of Caring events by participating in a variety of service projects. As always, our volunteers made a significant difference in communities throughout our service territory.
A few JCP&L employees volunteered at the Lunch Break Soup Kitchen in Red Bank. They sorted donated food and served lunch.
(L) L.-r.: Kathy Moyer, Customer Account specialist V; Bernadette Hagan, senior administrative assistant; Joan Ceinski, HR representative IV; Tina Bristow, distribution technician III-Sub; Matt Smith, planner scheduler IV; and Mulualem Ghebreselassie, engineer IV. (R.) JCP&L Newton employees, Donna Kronen, layout technician senior (l.) and Heather Nooitgedagt, clerk senior, volunteered at Family Promise of Sussex County. They helped with a large call-for-donations mailing.
West Penn Power State College employees participated in the United Way of Centre County’s Day of Caring. The team cleaned headstones and landscaped a portion of the 22-acre Union Cemetery in Bellefonte, Pa.
L.-r.: Rob Rhodes, distribution technician IV, Design Services; Joleen Hindman, consultant, Regional External Affairs; Tony Wess, distribution technician III-Design Services; Dora Harris, planner scheduler II; Shawn Hindman, engineer IV; and Jeff Miller, supervisor, Work Management.
This group of employees spent their United Way Day of Caring volunteering at the Interfaith Food Pantry in Morris Plains, N.J. The team sorted donated boxes of frozen foods into smaller packages for easier distributions to clients.
(L.) L.-r.: Lana Quinn, clerk senior; Natalie Sylvester, distribution technician supervisor; Deidra Rudd, manager, Federal Income Tax & Rates; and Christine Brown, senior business analyst. (R.) Chris Spedden, UC&M Inspector (l.), and Matt Smith, Customer Service representative L2, volunteered at Family Promise of Morris County. The two assembled furniture for clients in the organization’s transitional housing facility.
Greensburg employees spent their United Way Day of Caring at the Rewind Reuse Center and Workshop in Export, Pa. The group assembled a shelf, sorted and stocked recycled materials in the scrap shop and reorganized the workshop areas.
L.-r.: Val Paulisick, Rewind Reuse Center and Workshop; Brandy Pesi, supervisor, Substation Engineering Standards; Brandy’s daughter, Natalia; and a center volunteer.
A group of employees volunteered at Quail Hill Scout Reservation in Morganville, N.J. Our team finished the interior demolition of the scout lodge, organized the lodge’s equipment and removed debris.
L.-r.: Suzanne Pojawa, clerk senior; Pat Carfano, supervisor, Engineering Services; Chris McGackin, Utility Construction & Maintenance (UC&M) 3rd year apprentice; Allan Laupa, UC&M 1/C; Sean Robinson, UC&M 1/C; Izameek Harris, UC&M 3rd year apprentice; Justin Mayes, UC&M 3rd year apprentice; and Devon Weiss, UC&M 1/C.
The United Way of Monmouth & Ocean Counties (UWMOC) in Wall Township, N.J., benefitted from our employee volunteerism. Our group assembled and sorted 900 bags of hygiene kits for teens for distribution to various nonprofits throughout the two counties.
A United Way employee asked the group to take a “fun Jersey Shore” photo with their United Way sunglasses. L.-r.: Kaitlin Shields, business analyst; Diane Dworzak, Customer Service representative-L3; Kathleen Moore, advanced business analyst; Elaine Vincent, advisor, Community Involvement; Candi Erickson, utility technician; Temple Pattishall, senior business analyst; Lisa McKnight, distribution technician supervisor; Toni Pitts and Jackie Liguori, UWMOC.
Greensburg employees volunteered at the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania office for its Day of Caring. They decorated and filled bags with weekend food supplies to be delivered to needy families.
United Way agencies in Richland County held a Summer of Caring 2022 program from July to September. This was an opportunity for Ohio Edison Mansfield employees to spend a day volunteering for projects for United Way agencies and other nonprofit organizations in Richland.
These employee volunteers cleaned the supply room at the Domestic Violence Shelter.
L.-r.: Joe Oliver, electrician A; Joe Jakubick, consultant, Regional External Affairs; Laura DiCesare, storekeeper; and Joe DiCesare, supervisor, Regional Operations.
This group spent the day at Catalysts Life Services weeding, mulching and trimming bushes.
L.-r.: Eric R. Brown, lineman A; Ethan Fry, lineman A; Brett Papst, lineman A; Erik Fulk, lineman leader; Shane Leach, lineman leader; and Laura Montgomery, Catalyst Life Services.