Recipients provide support to vulnerable
individuals across FirstEnergy's Ohio service area
AKRON,
Ohio, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
The FirstEnergy Foundation has granted surprise "Gifts of the
Season" totaling $60,000 to six
nonprofits that are working to make lives better in Ohio communities served by FirstEnergy Corp.
(NYSE: FE) subsidiaries Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and
Toledo Edison.
Photos of the Gifts of the Season being presented to
organizations by FirstEnergy representatives are available for
download on Flickr.
The recipients of this year's gifts are organizations that
provide support services to underserved and vulnerable individuals
of all ages across northwest and northeast Ohio. They include:
- Valor Home, Lorain County
($10,000) – Located within Ohio
Edison's service area, this organization provides transitional
housing for homeless male veterans in and around the City of Lorain.
- OutSupport, Medina County
($10,000) – Located within Ohio
Edison's service area, this center provides support and
informational sessions to the LGBTQIA+ community and their families
in northeast Ohio.
- Youth Challenge, Cuyahoga
County ($10,000) – Located
within The Illuminating Company's service area, this Westlake-based organization offers adapted
sports and recreation programs to more than 150 young people with
physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries
and blindness.
- Margie's Hope, Cuyahoga
County ($10,000) – Located
within The Illuminating Company's service area, this center in
Lakewood provides resources and
services to enrich the lives of transgender, non-binary and gender
expansive people in northeast Ohio.
- Bethany House, Lucas County ($10,000) – Located within Toledo
Edison's service area, this domestic violence shelter in
Sylvania provides long-term
housing for victims of domestic violence across northwest
Ohio.
- Monroe Street Neighborhood Center, Lucas County ($10,000) – Located within Toledo Edison's
service area, this organization partners with the greater
Toledo community to feed the
hungry, strengthen and enrich families, provide physical fitness
courses to seniors and bring high-quality housing to community
members in financial need.
Pat Mullin, acting President
of FirstEnergy's Ohio
operations: "We're proud to support these organizations
because their missions align with our commitment to diverse,
equitable and inclusive communities where everyone feels safe,
valued, included and respected. The winners were chosen by
FirstEnergy External Affairs employees who identified organizations
in their local areas that do extraordinary work to strengthen the
community and enhance the lives of vulnerable and underserved
populations."
The "Gifts of the Season" initiative was created in 2016 to
support programs and nonprofit organizations that align with
FirstEnergy's core value of diversity, equity and inclusion. Since
its inception, the campaign has awarded more than $700,000 to nonprofit organizations that work to
strengthen communities through a diverse lens. To be considered for
a gift, the entity must be a first-time FirstEnergy Foundation
grant recipient, and the entity or at least 51% of its work must
fall under one or more of the following diverse categories:
- Service disabled/veteran-owned business enterprise
- Disability-owned business enterprise
- Minority business enterprise
- Lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer-owned business
- Woman business enterprise
Photos of FirstEnergy's annual "Gifts of the Season" check
presentations are being shared on social media using the
hashtag #GiftsofFE.
The FirstEnergy Foundation is funded solely by FirstEnergy Corp.
and provides support to tax-exempt nonprofits, including health and
human services agencies, educational organizations, cultural and
arts programs and institutions, and civic groups in areas served by
FirstEnergy's 10 electric operating companies and in areas where
the company conducts business.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving customers in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West
Virginia, Maryland and
New York. The company's
transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of
transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at firstenergycorp.com and
on X, formerly known as Twitter, @FirstEnergyCorp.
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