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06/30/2017
CHOW Unveils Renovations, Made Possible by NYSEG and Avangrid Foundation
CHOW Unveils Renovations, Made Possible by NYSEG and Avangrid Foundation
BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK — Friday June 30, 2017 — NYSEG, a subsidiary of AVANGRID Inc. (NYSE: AGR), through the Avangrid Foundation partnered with the Dr. G. Clifford and Florence B. Decker Foundation, the Raymond Foundation, the Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation, Inc., and the Miller S. And Adelaide S. Gaffney Foundation to assist the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW®) with increasing their warehousing capacity to provide additional meals annually for families which struggle with food insecurity in Broome County.
The $90,000 Avangrid gift funded a new walk-in refrigeration-freezing system to enhance CHOW®’s ability to safely distribute a greater variety of healthier food choices, which will fight food insecurity and help prevent long-term chronic disease. The new cooler has already allowed CHOW® to more than double (308,747 pounds) the amount of fresh produce we have distributed year to date in 2017 and recover over 114,000 pounds of dairy products which were available from community donors.
“Prior to the renovations, CHOW did not have the capacity to accommodate large donations of perishable foods and fresh produce. Thanks to our partners, our newly renovated warehouse allows CHOW® to accept and distribute greater quantities of healthy foods to help our neighbors in Broome County,” said the Rev. Dr. Joseph Sellepack, Executive Director of the Broome County Council of Churches.
CHOW provides more than 1.8 million pounds of food a year to 87 partner programs located throughout Broome County.
“NYSEG and the Avangrid Foundation is a committed partner in lessening the burden that hunger has on communities and customers throughout our service territory,” said Nicole Licata Grant, Avangrid Foundation Director. “NYSEG and the Avangrid Foundation are grateful to play a small part in supporting critical infrastructure like CHOW, which enables our communities to make strides in the battle against hunger”.
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About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has corporate offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon, and operations across 25 states with approximately $50 billion in assets. Avangrid owns and operates seven electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. It also owns and operates nearly 100 energy generation facilities across the United States with a capacity of more than 11 Gigawatts, enough to power over 3 million homes. Avangrid employs approximately 8,500 people and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2026 for the eighth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the Iberdrola Group. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
