As area nonprofits begin making plans to assist residents in need in the coming year, additional funding is headed their way from the employees of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
According to a news release, they are pledging dollars to nonprofit agencies and organizations across the utilities’ service territories. Coupled with financial support from the LG&E and KU Foundation, the utilities’ voluntary employee-giving campaign, Power of One, raised more than $2 million in contributions for the fourth time in the company’s history.
The contributions are being allocated to the United Way of the Pennyrile and 25 additional nonprofit organizations to support programs and services in 2022. Those nonprofits serve nearly all 120 counties across Kentucky, more than 50 counties in Indiana, as well as parts of Virginia.
Since its inception in 2005, this employee-driven campaign has raised nearly than $30 million through payroll deductions, event fundraisers, retiree donations and other support.