AEP Ohio Employees Give Back

AEP Ohio employees are dedicated to our communities and are committed to making a positive impact year-round — but especially during the holiday season. We’ve been proud to be a part of community events across the AEP Ohio service area.

Central Ohio

NBC4’s Thanksgiving Back Turkey Tour

• AEP Ohio has helped provide Thanksgiving meals for Columbus families for the past three years. In 2023, our efforts helped 300 families in the Linden area. This year, we helped provide turkeys and sides to 2,500 families across Central Ohio. The meals were distributed at three different locations over three days. Read more about the event here.

 

Starfish Assignment Coat Drive

• Our 7^th annual partnership with Starfish Assignment, Columbus Division of Police, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Gahanna Division of Police helped collect and distribute nearly 700 brand-new winter coats for children in need.

 

 

 

 

Southern Ohio

Cambridge Christmas Parade

• AEP Ohio volunteers were proud to march in the annual Christmas Parade in Guernsey County. Our service crew decorated a bucket truck for the parade down historic Wheeling Avenue in downtown Cambridge.

 

Kiwanis Builders Club “Get Well” Cards

• Brandy Marshall, a Business Account Manager at AEP Ohio, serves as an advisor to the club, a service leadership program designed for middle school students to learn about their interests while serving the community. This year, she helped General Sherman Junior High in Lancaster in creating “get well cards” for a local hospital. “Our group of kiddos is making ‘get well/thinking of you’ cards to deliver to patients at Fairfield Medical Center,” said Marshall. She delivered the cards to the medical center a day before Thanksgiving.

 

Southeast Ohio Food Bank

• AEP Ohio employees volunteered at the local foodbank to distribute supplies in Gallia County. They delivered fresh and shelf-stable food boxes to low-income seniors.

 

 

United Way

• AEP Ohio employees packed food and supplies to help underprivileged children across Ross County.

 

 

 

 

Zanesville Christ Table (no picture)

• Six AEP Ohio employees will be serving lunch to the homeless. This is the first year they will participate, and they hope to make this volunteer event an annual tradition.

 

Muskingum County Toys for Tots (no picture)

• About 45 AEP Ohio employees from the Zanesville garage service center collected donations and additional toys for the local Toys for Tots.

 

Zanesville Employee Activity Committee (EAC) (no picture)

• Employees from the committee will be donating money to the local schools for their Scarves and Gloves Drive for students in need and have done so in the past few years.

 

Northern Ohio

American Red Cross

• AEP Ohio presented a $25,000 grant from the AEP Foundation to the American Red Cross, Northern Ohio Region. The funding will support the Red Cross’ disaster relief efforts by providing shelter, food and other critical supplies. Twenty-five AEP Ohio employees also helped in assembling safety kits that will be distributed to disaster survivors, medical and emergency victims, wounded service members in recovery and homeless veterans in need of comfort and care.

 

Canton Regional Foodbank

• Twelve AEP Ohio volunteers assisted at the Canton Food Pantry, providing fresh, frozen and canned food to more than 500 families. Additionally, our team presented the foodbank with a $25,000 check to help replenish supplies that were recently depleted following tornado relief efforts in North Carolina.

 

 

 

Canton Boys and Girls Club

• AEP Ohio presented a $25,000 check during the club’s holiday party. The funds will be used for students after school curriculum, supplies and meals.

 

 

Rainbow Connection Donation

• The AEP Foundation donated $20,000 to the Rainbow Connection, a non-profit health charity dedicated to helping disabled and disadvantaged residents of Tuscarawas County and the organizations and schools that serve them. “AEP Ohio isn’t just an electric company—we’re eager to give back to the communities we serve,” said John Recker, AEP Ohio Customer and External Affairs Manager.

 

Community Spirit for the Indian Valley Braves

• AEP Ohio showed its support for the Indian Valley Braves football team by hanging a banner for the community send-off parade, as the team headed to Ohio’s Division IV State Championship Football game in Canton. “AEP Ohio is committed to celebrating local community achievements,” said Chase Hostetler, AEP Ohio Business Service Account Manager. AEP Ohio is proud of Indian Valley, which won 37-36 over Sandusky Perkins bringing home the school’s first football state championship title.

 

Bucyrus Backpack Program

• The program helped students in 11 elementary schools across Crawford County, providing over 500 meals each week. Recently, half a dozen AEP Ohio employees from Bucyrus assisted in packing “holiday meals.” Thanks to a $5,000 donation from the AEP Foundation, organizers of the Backpack Program were able to purchase special canned chicken meals for the holidays.

 

 

Findlay Salvation Army Christmas Assistance Program (no picture)

• About a dozen AEP Ohio employees in the Findlay Service Center loaded vehicles with food, toys and clothes for families in need. It’s non-stop work, helping more than 300 families that arrive at the drive-thru location to pick up the items.