Month: July 2024

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Funding will help equip Floridians and first responders with valuable information and supplies ahead of storms and emergency events

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 18, 2024 /3BL/ – As tropical activity begins to pick up this summer, so do Duke Energy’s efforts to help Florida customers and communities prepare for hurricanes and other emergencies.

The Duke Energy Foundation, funded by Duke Energy shareholders, recently awarded $180,000 in emergency preparedness and resiliency grants to 13 organizations and agencies in Florida. The grants will help fund storm kits for seniors, community education and outreach materials, as well as special equipment for first responders, among other initiatives led by local emergency management organizations.

“Community resilience and preparedness is a year-round effort,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. “We are grateful for the ongoing collaboration and commitment of our first responders, emergency management officials and community agencies to prepare, plan and engage our communities. We have been through enough storms to know that being prepared is our best defense.”

Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas – $25,000 
 Florida Housing Coalition – $25,000 
 Florida Professional Firefighters Association – $25,000 
 Hernando County Board of County Commissioners – $12,500 
 Highlands County Board of County Commissioners – $15,000 
 Inglis/Yankeetown Fire Rescue – $2,500 
 Lake County Board of County Commissioners – $5,000 
 Madison County Board of County Commissioners – $5,000 
 Orange County Emergency Management – $30,500 
 Orlando Regional Realtor Foundation – $9,500 
 Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Community Foundation – $15,000 
 Taylor Senior Citizens Center – $5,000 
 Youth Development Foundation of Pinellas County – $5,000

Community resilience and preparedness are long-standing priorities of the Duke Energy Foundation, which has awarded more than $1.7 million to support Florida’s disaster preparedness since 2019.

Duke Energy reminds customers that personal preparedness is key to a more resilient home or business. For more tips on how to prepare for storm season, please visit duke-energy.com/StormTips and download the Red Cross Emergency app. The Duke Energy Foundation will donate $1 to the Red Cross for every app download through June 30, up to $20,000.

Duke Energy Florida

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 12,300 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.

Duke Energy Foundation

The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The Foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.

Media contact: Audrey Stasko 
Media line: 800.559.3853 
Twitter: @DE_AudreyS

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Originally published on July 13th on LinkedIn

In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, Sysco has stepped up to support our community in Houston. Today, we delivered food and water to the West Gray and Southwest Multi-Service Centers, which are serving as cooling centers for those affected by the storm. Our donation included over 23,000 bottles of water, 8,000 bags of chips, 10,000 pieces of fruit, and 6,000 servings of juice to help those in need.

We are honored to work alongside city leaders, including Mayor John Whitmire, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, and Council Member Abbie Kamin, to provide relief during this challenging time.

Sysco Houston also made donations to several disaster relief organizations, helping to feed those working to restore power to our hometown. They also donated four pallets of disposable products to Mercy Chefs and are continuing to donate excess perishable foods and supplies to the Houston Food Bank.

Thank you to our team and partners for making this possible. At Sysco, our purpose is connecting the world to share food and care for one another. Together, we are #HoustonStrong.

About Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 74,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.

For more information, visit www.sysco.com or connect with Sysco on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SyscoFoods. For important news and information regarding Sysco, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s Internet home page at investors.sysco.com, which Sysco plans to use as a primary channel for publishing key information to its investors, some of which may contain material and previously non-public information. In addition, investors should continue to review our news releases and filings with the SEC. It is possible that the information we disclose through any of these channels of distribution could be deemed to be material information.

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