H.E.L.P. for the Holidays

In keeping with the spirit of giving at Chesapeake, H.E.L.P. for the Holidays encourages Chesapeake volunteers across the company to spread holiday blessings by providing opportunities to help those in need during the holiday season. Employees affect the lives of thousands of people through monetary donations, providing resources and volunteering their time each season. Numerous drives are held to collect coats, winter clothes, toys and canned goods for underprivileged families and children. Meals are prepared and served to the homeless. Holiday parties with Santa Clause are planned for children living in shelters. Providing hope and a helping hand at a time when assistance is needed most is important in every area where we conduct business.

Whether the Chesapeake location has a handful of employees or thousands, employees gave their time and money to help their communities during the 2010 holiday season:

• Arkansas – 2,470 canned food items and $4,000 were distributed to regional food banks
• Kentucky – 1,989 canned food items and 258 toiletry items were distributed
• Louisiana – partnered with the Salvation Army to provide 25 toys and 100 clothing items
• New York – worked with Food Bank of the Southern Tier to provide 300 canned food donations and 65 toys, and served as volunteers to repackage bulk food donations
• Oklahoma
• Arkoma – 241 canned food items were provided to a local food pantry and clothing, coats, toys and personal hygiene items were provided to 18 children in need through the Salvation Army
• Elk City – worked with Beckham County Child Welfare to provide 120 items
• El Reno (Nomac and Great Plains) – two of CHK’s subsidiaries teamed up to provide 48 toys, four bikes, 36 bedding items, 34 toiletry items and 103 clothing items to local families in need during the holiday season, as well as $300 in monetary donations
• Oklahoma City – employees collected drawings and letters from children to send to servicemen and women who were overseas during the holidays; 155 coats were provided during a campus coat drive; 72 employees gathered at City Rescue Mission in downtown OKC to prepare thousands of boxed meals for the homeless, equaling 115 hours of manpower; CHK mentors provided a wrapped shoebox full of gifts for their students and CHK donated uniforms and a jacket to each student; hundreds of CHK employees participated in a collection to donate $34,000 to the Oklahoma Children’s Cancer Association; the Treasury Department filled 50 CHK recyclable bags and 50 stockings full of items that Sunbeam distributed to needy families
• Kingfisher – worked with Department of Human Services to provide more than 30 toys for children
• Lindsay – 40 toys and $600 were distributed among families in need
• Waynoka – 154 adults and 59 children from a local food pantry received food baskets from CHK employees, filled with more than 300 canned food items and totaling $1,095 in monetary donations; $1,000 donated by employees was used to purchase toys and clothing items for children of the women at the Substance Abuse Treatment Center
• Weatherford – provided more than 60 toys for area shelters and 50 sets of bedding and toiletries for Senior Citizens Helping Hands
• Wilburton – partnered with Pick-A-Star to provide 30 toys benefiting six children
• Pennsylvania – collected $900 for underprivileged kids
• Texas
• Barnett – provided 500 toys and gifts during the holidays to underprivileged youth distributed by eight CHK volunteers
• Cleburne – collected nonperishable food items for Operation Blessing and 20 CHK volunteers helped distribute
• Fort Worth – Lease Records Department collected 30 blankets for Union Gospel Mission
• Midland, Pecos and Ozona – these three locations teamed up to provide 100 toys and six bikes
• West Virginia
• Charleston – 200 gloves, hats, blankets and socks were donated by 30 volunteers
• Clendenin – 250 canned food items were provided at the local food pantry
• Jane Lew – collected canned food, toiletries and clothing items for a homeless shelter; donated new shoes, coats, clothing and toys for more than 100 children
• Kermit – collected 150 canned food items
• Shrewsbury/KS – collected $250 for the Salvation Army’s Toys for Tots
• Hamlin and Branchland – provided clothing and gifts for 11 children