Atlanta Gas Light brightens the holiday season with ‘Energy to Give’

Atlanta, GA – Thursday, December 12 – Atlanta Gas Light is brightening the holiday season for individuals and families in need through its annual ‘Energy to Give’ campaign. Four local community partners, Heating Energy Assistance Team, Inc. (HEAT), Saint Vincent de Paul Georgia, Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta, and United Way of Greater Atlanta received a combined $500,000 from Atlanta Gas Light at the annual celebration. The donations will aim to enhance community enrichment initiatives, focusing on improving access to essential resources such as food, education, health, well-being and offering bill payment assistance.

“Atlanta Gas Light’s Energy to Give event allows for time to celebrate the positive impact we have worked hard to make on our communities with our partners. I am grateful that we have the time to also focus on what we will do next,” said Credit, Collections and Bill Payment Assistance Manager Tiffany Gilstrap.

Over 500 families were granted financial assistance this year through Atlanta Gas Light’s ongoing partnerships with local organizations. Below is additional information about the donation recipients:

• ·United Way of Greater Atlanta is a long-standing partner of Atlanta Gas Light and Southern Company Gas. Employee giving campaigns are hosted each year that allow our colleagues to come together to maximize efforts addressing critical issues.
• Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta provides essential services throughout the year to 13 metro area counties, addressing hunger, financial emergency services, housing and homelessness, human trafficking and youth development issues.
• Saint Vincent de Paul Georgia, founded in 1903, is the oldest and largest social services safety net organization in the state, focusing on hunger, housing, and health for neighbors in need.
• The Heating Energy Assistance Team, Inc. (HEAT) has helped low-income families and individuals pay their heating bills for 40 years. As the oldest statewide fuel fund in Georgia, HEAT provides bill payment assistance as a joint effort between concerned citizens, businesses, and state and local government.

The event included a “fireside chat” with community partners in attendance who shared how important support from Atlanta Gas Light and other partners are to provide needed services to the community, as well as additional ways to work together to address community needs.

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About Atlanta Gas Light
Atlanta Gas Light is one of four natural gas distribution companies of Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Atlanta Gas Light provides natural gas delivery service to approximately 1.7 million customers in Georgia. In operation since 1856, the company is one of the oldest corporations in the state. For more information, visit atlantagaslight.com.

About Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America’s premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.4 million natural gas utility customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states with more than 600,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other nonutility businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.

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