Beginning September 11th, hundreds of National Grid New England employees will volunteer in support of community organizations across Massachusetts.
During this week of volunteering, National Grid employees will hold more than a dozen events, supporting ten community organizations and dedicating hundreds of hours towards a range of activities, including:
- Promoting environmental stewardship and protection through beach cleanups in Dorchester
- Supporting veterans and their families in Worcester
- Preparing meals for homebound individuals in Jamaica Plain
- Sorting and packing critical winter clothing items for children throughout Massachusetts who need them this winter.
National Grid’s Week of Service is part of its newly launched “Grid for Good” program, a larger companywide corporate responsibility and impact initiative that supports the communities served through volunteerism and charitable contributions to organizations that focus on workforce development and STEM education, economic opportunity and social justice, and environmental stewardship and sustainability. This year, National Grid has a goal to engage colleagues in more than 14,500 hours of service throughout the Commonwealth.
In addition to volunteer service, National Grid is offering financial support. Through Grid for Good, National Grid will contribute at least $4 million in funding to organizations that align with its three responsibility and impact pillars:
- Workforce Development and STEM education
- Economic opportunity and social justice
- Environmental stewardship and sustainability – Focusing on historically underrepresented and overburdened communities.
Over the next five days, National Grid New England will partner with several organizations, including the following:
- Community Servings
- Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
- American Red Cross Food Pantry
- Cradles to Crayons
- The Rose Kennedy Greenway
- The Greater Worcester Land Trust
- Preservation Worcester
- Veterans, Inc.
- Worcester Green Corps
National Grid has a companywide commitment to 500,000 employee volunteer hours by 2030, outlined in its renewed Responsible Business Charter.
