Volunteering in the Community

Dominion employees have long been active in their communities and have received formal company support for more than two decades.

Each year, employees donate thousands of hours of time and their skills to support a variety of programs. Concern for children and families is a priority of our volunteers.

Employees also organize and lead community projects to meet specific local needs. For the past seven years, employees have identified local parks and educational facilities in 14 states that are in need of repairs and refurbishing.

With materials purchased by the company, volunteers have built outdoor classrooms and nature trails, created outdoor learning gardens and urban tree gardens, and completed other projects that enhance environmental educational opportunities.

Employees also have adopted local schools, where activities include mentoring and tutoring, painting classrooms and building playgrounds.

Local Projects

Each year, employees support an array of local projects, such as home repairs for the elderly through Rebuilding Together through Christmas in April, Habitat for Humanity, mentoring programs through Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Walks to raise awareness and funds for many health research organizations. Employee teams at virtually every company location evaluate requests from community organizations and determine which projects to support.
 

Companywide Projects

A series of focused volunteer projects takes place each year. The emphasis of recent projects has been on environmental clean-up and education. Dozens of communities have benefited through outdoor classrooms, nature trails and waterway clean-ups.

• 2009 Volunteer Projects-- Dominion employees have a well-known track record for generous volunteer work in their communities.  This year, volunteers logged more than 123,000 hours in the volunteer database, beating the 120,000 goal set for the year.  Dominion employees worked with local agencies on projects to improve the environment and the community as part of the "Putting Our Energy to Work for the Environment" campaign, now in its tenth year. Dominion President and CEO Tom Farrell visited two volunteer project sites on September 23, 2009. Learn more, and view a video.
• 2008 Volunteers of the Year -- Dominion honored 15 employees for their gift of caring for others and their communities in 2008. Efforts of the volunteers ranged from delivering meals to the elderly, building schools and other facilities in Romania, continuing the restoration of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and serving on a volunteer fire and rescue squad in rural Virginia. Learn more in our news release and view video clips.
• 2007 Volunteers of the Year -- Dominion honored 16 employees for their gift of caring for others and their communities in 2007. Efforts of the volunteers ranged from delivering medical supplies to Third World countries to mentoring children in academics and sports. Learn more in our news release and view video clips.
• 2006 Volunteers of the Year -- View video clips of Dominion's "Volunteers of the Year" speaking about their community service during 2006.
• 2006 Volunteer Projects -- To celebrate the seventh year of its employee volunteer campaign, "Putting Our Energy to Work for the Environment," Dominion undertook 19 projects in 14 states from Virginia to Utah. Learn about the projects or view our news release.
• 2005 Volunteer Projects -- Dominion celebrated the sixth year of its successful employee volunteer campaign, "Putting Our Energy to Work for the Environment," by launching its biggest effort ever to improve parks, rivers, hiking trails and historic sites with 16 projects in 11 states.
• 2005 Volunteers of the Year -- View video clips of Dominion's "Volunteers of the Year" speaking about their community service during 2005. A news release also is available.