--- title: Employees Support the Community During Holiday Season description: Employees Support the Community During Holiday Season image: https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Holidays-Gleaners%20Food%20Drive.png --- [![](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Engauge/engauge-logo.jpg)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge) [![](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Backgrounds/search-mobile.png)](https://www.citizensenergygroup.com/Search) # Employees Support the Community During Holiday Season By Mandy Saucerman on 2/7/22 7:04 AM ![](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hubfs/Holidays-Gleaners%20Food%20Drive.png) We appreciate our employees’ involvement in several projects that supported our community this past holiday season.    **Virtual Food Drive for Gleaners**  For the second consecutive year, Citizens went back to the roots of the Paul Riggins Giving Tree Program, encouraging employees to make financial donations instead of purchasing gifts for local families.    Through our second virtual food drive for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Citizens employees raised $2,880. Although we raised about $300 less in 2021 than in 2020, we were able to provide more meals because Gleaners achieved a per-meal cost of 13 cents in the past year. Because of Gleaners’ buying power, our collective donation will provide more than 23,000 meals!  *Top right: Fundraising Team member** Steve Berube** presented a check to Gleaners’ Bethany Watson, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, on Wednesday, January 12. * --- **Diversity & Inclusion Team Shoe Drive** ![Holidays - Shoe Drive](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Holidays%20-%20Shoe%20Drive.png?width=200&name=Holidays%20-%20Shoe%20Drive.png) Citizens’ Diversity & Inclusion Team sponsored a shoe drive for non-profit organization Changing Footprints to support Afghan refugees residing at Camp Atterbury, many of whom came to Indiana with only sandals or lightweight shoes. Across the Trust, enough new and gently used shoes were collected to fill the minivan of the representative who picked up the donation!    --- **Contact Center Food Drive**  ![Holidays-Contact-Center-edit](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Holidays-Contact-Center-edit.jpg?width=200&name=Holidays-Contact-Center-edit.jpg)Employees in the Contact Center collected non-perishable food during the holiday season. Supervisor **Arlene Johnson** partnered with Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, located downtown, to provide the food to four families. Johnson organized the food drive to continue her father’s legacy of helping others.   “My late father was the pastor of this church for over 30 years,” Johnson said. “He believed it was important to help others, especially those in our local community. “I am humbled by, and appreciative of, all those who supported this effort, and I hope we can assist even more families in the future.”  *Pastor Ronald Covington from Friendship Missionary Baptist Church was appreciative of the food donated by the Contact Center employees for local families in need.*   --- **Westfield** ![Holidays-Westfield Operations](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Holidays-Westfield%20Operations.jpg?width=400&name=Holidays-Westfield%20Operations.jpg) Westfield Operations employees supported the Westfield Youth Assistance Program as a Holiday Helper. Together, they pitched in $1,150 to buy gifts and provide grocery gift cards for a local family with four children who was without a home and living with a friend.   ### Current Articles ### Recent Issues - [November 2019 (23)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/11) - [November 2018 (21)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2018/11) - [January 2021 (21)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/01) - [October 2021 (21)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/10) - [February 2020 (20)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/02) - [December 2021 (20)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/12) - [October 2018 (19)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2018/10) - [January 2019 (19)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/01) - [June 2020 (19)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/06) - [August 2019 (18)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/08) - [October 2019 (18)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/10) - [April 2020 (18)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/04) - [September 2022 (18)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2022/09) - [July 2019 (17)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/07) - [July 2020 (17)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/07) - [June 2021 (17)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/06) - [April 2019 (16)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/04) - [January 2020 (16)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/01) - [October 2020 (16)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/10) - [December 2020 (16)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/12) - [April 2021 (16)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/04) - [July 2021 (16)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/07) - [September 2020 (15)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2020/09) - [March 2021 (15)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/03) - [June 2022 (15)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2022/06) - [February 2019 (14)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/02) - [May 2019 (14)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2019/05) - [May 2022 (14)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2022/05) - [July 2022 (14)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2022/07) - [October 2023 (13)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2023/10) - [September 2021 (12)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2021/09) - [March 2023 (12)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2023/03) - [May 2023 (12)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2023/05) - [June 2023 (12)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2023/06) - [February 2022 (11)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2022/02) - [August 2018 (10)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2018/08) - [August 2023 (10)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2023/08) - [March 2022 (9)](https://blog.citizensenergygroup.com/engauge/archive/2022/03) [![PDF Archives](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2545024/33b9e93c-8f43-4101-9b48-7e78154731f5.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2545024/33b9e93c-8f43-4101-9b48-7e78154731f5) **Engauge** is published by Citizens Energy Group, Corporate Affairs Department, under the direction of Shannon Stahley, Director of Corporate and Public Affairs. 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