PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS
November Campaign Fall for Food Banks
Community partnerships are essential. Together with our partners, Essential leads a variety of targeted initiatives to keep our communities safe, healthy and thriving.
Our 5th annual Fall for Food Banks campaign was our largest to date, helping to meet increased food insecurity in our communities with collection drives, volunteer events, and donations through our Essential Foundation.
OUR IMPACT:
Source Water Protection
S.A.F.E. Program
Volunteers 285
(Sharing Appreciation for Fire Department Excellence)
We awarded $186K in reforestation and water quality improvement projects through grant programs like our “Protect Your Drinking Water” and “Trees for Watersheds” initiatives — because protecting drinking water sources takes all of us working together.
We donated over $1M in grants to 38 local volunteer fire departments for equipment, training, and safety initiatives — supporting the heroes who protect our neighborhoods every day.
Hours of volunteer service 1,019
$521,525 Doubling 2024 & aiding 75 hunger-relief organizations across our 9 state footprint. 2025 Giving
Families served 1,500
Pounds of food donated through collection drives 3,750
Eat, Drink, Help
Sure Splash
We brought together 20 local businesses and 20 nonprofits in our Peoples service area through our Eat, Drink, Help Program, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2025 — proving that good food and good causes make great partners.
Our Sure Splash program provided $76K in grants for swim lessons and water safety programs. Since launching in 2023, we’ve helped more than 1,000 children learn to swim, educated hundreds of adults about water safety, and helped train dozens of lifeguards.
Pounds of food sorted 38,633
Meals packed 52,250
Since 2021, 933 employees have volunteered 3,100+ hours at local food banks and pantries — reaching 112,000+ people facing food insecurity — while the Essential Foundation has donated more than $1.3M to hunger-relief organizations.
For more information, or to apply for funding, please visit https://www.essential.co/essential-foundation
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