Our employees and retirees are remarkable people who take great satisfaction in helping others. One day you may find us at work in your community.
Employee Volunteer Projects
March of Dimes
As a “One Company” initiative, CenterPoint Energy employees throughout our footprint have raised money and participated in their local March for Babies walk during the month of April. In 2011, CenterPoint Energy raised more than $174,000 for March of Dimes.
JDRF
More than $600,000 has been raised in the last nine years to assist the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to combat type I diabetes. In 2010, employees raised $76,000 for the annual company supported walk and $1,625 was raised in Texas.
Rebuilding Together Southeast Texas
Employees in Texas work in support of the efforts of the nonprofit Rebuilding-Together Southeast Texas to restore homes of the elderly and disabled.
Handicapable Rodeo
From roping wild straw cattle to braving the bucking barrel and horseback riding, all participants in the Pittsburg, Texas, Handicapable Rodeo were winners. With the assistance of CenterPoint Energy employee volunteers, the rodeo gives handicapped participants the opportunity to enjoy an activity usually not available to them.
United Way
Through employee pledges, the 2011-12 CenterPoint Energy United Way campaign generated nearly $2.7 million in corporate and employee contributions, and nearly $135,000 was from the Texas surrounding area. The United Way campaign assists 86 local United Way offices throughout the CenterPoint Energy footprint in which 27 United Way offices throughout the company’s greater Texas service area include the United Way of Beaumont and North Jefferson County, Tyler/Smith County, Longview, Laredo and Greater Texarkana.
CenterPoint Energy has a large base of employees and retirees who are strongly committed to personal volunteerism. To commend these company volunteers for the ways in which they improve the community, the company awards GIVE (Grant Incentives for Volunteer Employees) grants to the nonprofit organizations that employees and retirees are heavily involved. Last year, CenterPoint Energy contributed $80,200 in GIVE grants to nonprofits where employee volunteers have donated at least 40 hours of service year-to-date.
Other employee volunteer projects in Texas, include:
- Toys for Tots
- Junior Achievement Bowl-a-Thon, Laredo & Tyler
- Texans Against Crime, Longview & Tyler
- Salty Dog Fishing Tournament, Rockport
- Nutrition and Services for Seniors
