OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,
Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Choosing to forego their desk jobs for a day of manual labor,
approximately 150 corporate Employees from Overland Park, Kansas-based Ferrellgas
Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) spent Tuesday removing debris from two
Joplin, Missouri, parks that were
damaged May 22 by one of the
deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.
According to Mike Pickerel,
Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) Coordinator for
the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, the contingent from
Ferrellgas is the second largest volunteer group to visit the city,
second only to players, coaches, and front office workers from the
Kansas City Chiefs, who visited Joplin in late June.
Cunningham Park and Parr Hill Park were at the center of the
tornado's destructive path, and were littered with glass, nails,
pieces of shingling, and other small debris. Thanks to members of
the Ferrellgas group, the two parks are one step closer to being
enjoyed once again by local residents.
"Ferrellgas is very active in organizations such as the Dream
Factory of Kansas City and the
Children's Center for the Visually Impaired, so we have a long
tradition helping children," says President and Chief Executive
Officer Steve Wambold, who
participated in the Joplin cleanup
efforts. "Rolling up our sleeves and cleaning up these two local
parks seemed like a logical way for us to spend the day. I'm
extremely proud of the small part we were able to play in helping
the city of Joplin return to
normalcy."
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. is a Fortune 1000 company and, through
its operating partnership, Ferrellgas, L.P., serves approximately
one million customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Ferrellgas employees indirectly
own more than 20 million common units of the partnership through an
employee stock ownership plan. More information about the company
can be found at www.ferrellgas.com.
Contact: Scott
Brockelmeyer at 913-661-1830 or
scottbrockelmeyer@ferrellgas.com
SOURCE Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.