Nicor Gas employees dedicate over 600 hours to community service during annual volunteer week

During Nicor Gas’ 28th annual Volunteer Week, 219 volunteers engaged in 17 service projects throughout the company’s Northern Illinois service territory, totaling 670 hours.

Employees, along with friends and family, join in the company’s annual Volunteer Week each May to lend their time and talents to organizations in many of the communities where they live and work.

“I am honored to be a part of a company and team that prioritizes volunteerism and acts of service. Not only does Nicor Gas provide our communities with safe and reliable natural gas, but the opportunity to make a significant difference through community service,” said Wendell Dallas, president and CEO of Nicor Gas. “I’d like to thank our employees and their families who donated their time and energy to give back to the communities that Nicor Gas is privileged to serve.”

This Volunteer Week, employees and their families donated their time and energy to serve in a few of the following ways:

• One thousand snack packs packed for communities in need in partnership with the United Way of Metro Chicago;

• More than 40,000 pounds of food sorted and packaged at the Northern Illinois Food Bank and the Greater Chicago Food Depository;

• Ten trees planted at Memorial Park in LaGrange Park with Chicago Regional Trees Initiative;

• One hundred and thirty-two lunches served at the DuPage PADS Interim Housing Center.

In the last five years, Nicor Gas employees have donated more than 3,000 volunteer hours to nonprofit organizations that support basic needs including food and housing insecurity and contribute to the conservation of open land the community across the company’s Northern Illinois service territory. To learn more about Nicor Gas’ commitment to the communities it serves, visit www.nicorgas.com/community.