Companywide Projects
A series of focused volunteer projects takes place each year. Employees have rolled up their sleeves to weatherize homes, build nature trails in parks, clean up waterways, construct access ramps for the handicapped and paint and repair school facilities.
Employees coordinate with community partners to organize the work, and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation pays for supplies and materials. Local employee volunteer councils work with parks, zoos, schools, shelters and other environmental, educational and housing organizations to choose the projects each year.
Annual Volunteer Efforts
Since the fall of 2000, Dominion Energy employees have participated in over 200 projects nominated and led by employees in support of environmental efforts throughout communities served by Dominion Energy companies.
The Energizing Our Communities initiative started as a one-day event in October 2000 to help engage Dominion volunteers in environmental projects in their communities. Our volunteers have helped beautify parks, assisted with erosion control projects, removed invasive species, cleaned rivers, replaced osprey nesting platforms, restored greenhouses, built urban gardens and much more.
For the latest updates and photos of recent projects, visit our Facebook page.
Local Projects
Our volunteers work in teams to support their hometowns in countless ways: installing insulation in drafty homes and making repairs for the elderly, stocking the shelves of food banks, helping schools by completing maintenance projects and more. Our volunteer program is grassroots-based, and employee teams at virtually every company location evaluate requests from community organizations and determine which projects to support.
Our employees are also active volunteers outside of work, where they serve as leaders in their communities, on boards of non-profit organizations, mentoring young people, and leading community civic activities. We support our employees through both leave time and matching funds.
