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Exelon Employees Recognized With 2021 “Powering Communities” Volunteer Awards and $200,000 in Donations to Local Charities
Employees dedicated hundreds of hours last year to support impactful causes during the global pandemic, doing everything from helping the homeless to
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nEmployees dedicated hundreds of hours last year to support impactful causes during the global pandemic, doing everything from helping the homeless to fighting fires\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nToday, the Exelon Foundation recognized 24 employees with its Powering Communities Employee Volunteer Award for overcoming challenges posed by the pandemic to complete hundreds of hours of volunteer work with local nonprofits in 2020. To recognize their incredible efforts, the Exelon Foundation will donate a total of $200,000 to the local nonprofits where the employees spend their off-hours powering a cleaner and brighter future.\n\n“Exelon employees’ willingness to contribute their time, energy and resources to helping the people in their communities was especially inspirational and impressive in a year like 2020,” said Paula Conrad, vice president, Corporate Relations for Exelon, and president of the Exelon Foundation. “The Exelon Foundation’s mission is to strengthen the social and economic fabric of the communities we serve, and our award recipients truly carried out that work during an incredibly challenging time.”\n\nThis year’s 24 winners and causes supported by the foundation include:\n\nExcellence Award – $20,000 award to Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP)\nBonnie Pugh, Exelon BSC– Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP), Montgomery, Pa.\n\nAchievement Award – $10,000 award to each volunteer’s charity:\nKaren Adam, ACE – Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, Toms River, N.J.\nGwendolyn Arrington, ComEd – FABRIC, Inc., Cleveland, Miss.\nKaren Barbera, Exelon BSC – Loaves & Fishes Community Services, DuPage County, Ill.\nErica Borggren, ComEd – Illinois Joining Forces Foundation, Chicago, Ill.\nAntonios Boulos, Pepco – Fame Fire Company #3, West Chester, Pa.\nRobert Bugdon, Atlantic City Electric –Laureldale Volunteer Fire Rescue, Hamilton Township, N.J.\nChristopher Cornett, BGE – Darlington Volunteer Fire Company, Darlington, Md.\nBrian Joaquin, PECO – Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, Camden, N.J.\nJennedy Johnson, PECO -- Homeless Advocacy Project, Philadelphia, Pa.\nJoseph Portz, Exelon Generation– Cocoa Packs, Inc., Hershey, Pa.\nKristin Seifarth, Constellation – UEmpower of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.\nMichael Van Horn, Exelon Generation – The Media Theatre for The Performing Arts, Media, Pa.\nMichael Winkler, E...