LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) joined non-profit organization,
LA Family Housing to make fleece pet blankets and assemble more
than 300 Thanksgiving Dinner kits for Angelenos in need. This is
the second year SoCalGas employee volunteers have assembled the
Thanksgiving kits with LA Family Housing. Photos from the event are
available here.
"SoCalGas realizes the immense need to support our friends and
neighbors who are struggling with, or on the verge of,
homelessness. Our employees take pride in being able to volunteer
to help those who need it most, not only during the holiday season,
but year-round," said Gillian
Wright, senior vice president of customer services at
SoCalGas and board member for LA Family Housing.
The Thanksgiving kits contain all the fixings one would need to
make a traditional holiday dinner, including: canned cranberries,
vegetables, yams, stuffing, and the like--plus a grocery store gift
card for a turkey, which will help recipients to have a more
enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.
"The holidays can be a tense time of year for people
transitioning out of homelessness," said Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, LA
Family Housing President and CEO. "With the support of partners
like SoCalGas, we hope to create as many moments of joy as we
possibly can, to cultivate a sense of positivity and warm
memories."
LA Family Housing is a non-profit organization helping people to
transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of
housing enriched with supportive services. LA Family Housing's
vision is to be a leader in providing solutions to end
homelessness. The organization operates 29 properties of temporary,
permanently affordable, and permanent supportive housing across
Los Angeles, with headquarters and
most services based in the San Fernando Valley. SoCalGas is a
longtime supporter of LA Family Housing, having collaborated with
the organization since 1998 and given over $102,000 in support.
Last year, SoCalGas donated more than $7
million to non-profits and community organizations. SoCalGas
employees contributed more than $700,000 through payroll deductions and performed
thousands of volunteer hours for various non-profit groups
throughout its service territory.
In addition, SoCalGas raised a quarter of a million dollars for
United Way's HomeWalk earlier this year in an effort to end
homelessness. Learn more about SoCalGas' corporate giving at
socalgas/com/our-community.
SoCalGas remains committed to not only improving our environment
but also ensuring that every Californian has affordable energy.
Earlier this year, SoCalGas committed to replacing 20 percent of
its traditional natural gas supply with renewable natural gas (RNG)
by 2030 – as part of a broad, inclusive and integrated plan to help
achieve California's climate goals
while maintaining affordability, reliability and choice for its
customers.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is
the largest natural gas distribution utility in the
United States. SoCalGas delivers
affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable natural gas
service to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square
miles of Central and Southern California, where more than
90 percent of residents use natural gas for heating, hot water,
cooking, drying clothes or other uses. Natural gas delivered
through the company's pipelines also plays a key role in providing
electricity to Californians— about 45 percent of electric
power generated in the state comes from gas-fired power
plants.
SoCalGas' vision is to be the cleanest natural gas utility in
North America, delivering
affordable and increasingly renewable energy to its customers. In
support of that vision, SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20
percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable
natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from
waste created by dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment
plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its natural gas
system infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for our
customers. From 2014 through 2018, the company invested
nearly $6.5 billion to upgrade and modernize its natural
gas system to enhance safety and reliability. SoCalGas is a
subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), an energy
services holding company based in San Diego. For more
information visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with
SoCalGas
on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)
and Facebook.
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