Chesapeake employees across the company dedicated themselves over the last month to making the holiday season a little brighter for people in need in their communities.
In Oklahoma City, employees donated 581 pairs of pajamas for students and teachers at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary. They also donated several hundred pairs of socks and slippers as well as blankets and a variety of toiletries to Socks for Seniors.
Additionally, teams in Oklahoma City, including several members of the Marcellus and Haynesville business unit teams, spent time during a week-long volunteer event, sorting and organizing wish-list items for Citizens Caring for Children’s Joy4Kids program. In addition to spending their time volunteering, BU team members donated toys and other items for Joy4Kids, providing gifts for over 80 Oklahoma foster children. Marcellus Senior Planning Analyst Hannah Parsons organized the donation drive and volunteer event.
“As we all know, the holiday season can be a difficult time for many families, and Hannah’s efforts to organize this program have brought a tremendous amount of joy to the children in our community who might not have otherwise had a reason to celebrate,” said Marcellus Vice President Dan Lopata. “Hannah’s contributions to this program, and to all the employees who helped, are a testament to the kindness and generosity of spirit that we value at Chesapeake.”
In the Haynesville in Louisiana, employees donated hundreds of toys and six bicycles, along with a company $5,000 donation, to Operation Santa Claus, a nonprofit organization made up of volunteers from the Shreveport/Bossier City Fire and Police Departments. The team also donated $1,300 in gift cards to the DeSoto Parish CASA, which is made up of specially trained volunteers who serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates for children.
Additionally, the Haynesville office donated $10,000 to the Red River Restoration Center to support its annual holiday giveaway event. The event is open to the community and offers gifts for children, a special holiday lunch and free services, such as haircuts and manicures.
The generosity continued in our Sayre field office in Pennsylvania, where employees sponsored five children through the Bradford County Children and Youth Services to provide winter clothes and toys during the holiday season. The Sayre office also donated to 19 local nonprofit agencies, including The Bridge food pantry, The Salvation Army’s Christmas Is for Kids program and the Towanda Police Department’s Operation Blue Santa.
“The generosity Chesapeake employees have shown during the holidays has been amazing,” said Communications and Community Affairs Manager Brooke Coe. “I know employees do so much for their communities throughout the year, but they always step up and do even more around the holidays. To be able to provide children the only gifts they may receive is truly going to make a difference for so many families. This is what the holidays are all about.”
Oklahoma City employees donated 581 pairs of pajamas for students and teachers at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and gift items to Socks for Seniors.
Operations teams in Oklahoma City donated toys and volunteered to sort and organize wish-list items for Joy4Kids, a program providing gifts for foster children through Citizens Caring for Children.
Our Haynesville team donated hundreds of toys, six bicycles and $5,000 to Operation Santa Claus, a nonprofit organization made up of volunteers from the Shreveport/Bossier City Fire and Police Departments.
The Sayre office donated to 19 local nonprofit agencies this holiday season. In the middle photo, Marcellus Land Analyst Betty Jo Morris, right, presented a donation to the Salvation Army’s Major Chris Ramirez during their Christmas Is for Kids event, which provides toys and food for children in Sayre. In the photo at right, Operations Technician Amanda Dauro, left, presents a donation to Susquehanna County Interfaith, which provides help and hope for residents.