South Jersey Industries, in recognition of Giving Tuesday, announced it is partnering with its employees to donate more than $350,000 in critical support to local, regional, and statewide community-based organizations.
SJI’s annual Employee Giving Campaign empowers the company’s more than 1,200 employees to enrich local communities by pledging a monetary contribution to a selection of nonprofit organizations. The company further provides a dollar-for-dollar match for all employee donations/pledges.
“This year, our employees raised the most donations in our company’s history,” CEO Mike Renna said. “I’m incredibly proud of our employees’ generosity and our shared commitment to make a positive impact in the communities we serve.”
SJI’s 2024 Employee Giving Campaign recipients include:
- American Red Cross New Jersey
- Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)
- New Jersey Veterans Network
- The Nature Conservancy
- The South Jersey Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE)
- New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC)
Rachel Lippoff, executive director, American Red Cross of Southern New Jersey, was thrilled to receive a generous gift.
“The American Red Cross is grateful to the generous employees of SJI who have pledged more than $23,000 to our humanitarian work,” she said. “We are equally grateful to SJI for matching their employees’ giving, bringing the total amount of pledged support for the Red Cross from SJI to more than $46,000. We value this ongoing partnership, and we look forward to many years of collaboration with SJI to help prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies.”
In addition to the money raised via the Employee Giving Campaign, SJI and its subsidiaries, South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas provide meaningful aid to local nonprofits and organizations that deliver critical support to those in need. These organizations include local medical and first responder agencies, youth sports and recreation programs, university foundations and economic development organizations.
