Volunteering in UGI’s North Region
National Volunteer Week is more than just a week to honor our employee volunteers. It’s also a time to highlight and acknowledge the various organizations that provide necessary and invaluable services to our communities.
Ann Blaskiewicz, UGI Community Relations Manager, North Region, talks to the UGI Social Team about the events and organizations she’s most passionate about in UGI’s North Region.
How does your role as community relations manager impact UGI?
We promote awareness of UGI and overall support the mission of the Company to provide high quality service in the communities we serve.
What would you like UGI employees and customers to know most about the work the Community Relations team does?
As a Company we dedicate over $1 million to education-related initiatives, including Reading Is Fundamental. The excitement a child has when someone comes into their classroom to read a book is heartwarming.
All of these little moments are big deals in the life of a first grader and UGI has helped make this happen.
Why were you drawn to your role at UGI?
It is rewarding to know you are making a difference and representing UGI in the communities we service.
What is your favorite community program, initiative, or event you’ve been involved with?
One is the United Way of Wyoming Valley Christmas in July Food Drive. Seeing the operation of the food bank is amazing.
Growing up in a large family has always left me with an appreciation for how hard it can be to put food on table and this inspires me to always try to collect one more pound of food.
Follow UGI Utilities on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter as we celebrate and share our favorite volunteer moments all week long. To learn more about UGI’s involvement in your community and how you can request a contribution for an organization in your community, visit us online at www.ugi.com/community.
UGI continues our National Volunteer Week celebrations with Tammie Lowry, UGI Community Relation Manager, West Region.
What would you like UGI employees and customers to know most about the work the Community Relations team does?
What is your favorite community program, initiative, or event you’ve been involved with?
In honor of National Volunteer Week, UGI’s Social Media Team sat down with Thea Phalon, UGI Community Relations Manager, East Region, to talk about her involvement with employees and the communities UGI serves.
What matters to you in your community, matters to UGI. If you have a volunteer project idea or would like to request a contribution for an organization that’s close to your heart, 
What is your favorite community program, initiative, or event you’ve been involved with?
Warm weather is almost here! It is important to be aware of overhead power lines providing service at various voltages to our homes as we begin to head outdoors to trim our trees and clean out gutters.
In an effort to raise awareness about the importance of having underground utility lines marked in advance of a digging project, April has been established as National Safe Digging Month.
This funding enables the S.P.A.R.K.S. Foundation to provide an exciting and hands-on science program to fill in the gaps of current education. With each lesson, S.P.A.R.K.S. educators strive to bring back the wonder of science to students, having them hypothesize as they experiment and learn.
“My favorite part about the S.P.A.R.K.S. program is the joy and enthusiasm the kids experience. One girl, as she was leaving, told me she wanted to be a scientist when she grew up. S.P.A.R.K.S. is making a positive impact in these children’s lives,” said volunteer “Radioactive” Rob Kachmar (shown above.)
UGI Utilities is thrilled to partner with 
The student with the job of “UGI Meter Reader” is tasked with visiting each business and reading their gas meter, which they then take the collected data back to the UGI office. At the office, a gas bill is generated and delivered to each business.
