More than 700 employees will provide more than 2,300 service hours

This week, more than 700 National Fuel employees will log over 2,300 hours of volunteer service across the Company’s New York and Pennsylvania service territory providing Spring clean-up, beautification and building efforts during Days of Doing (DOD), an annual three-day company-wide event.

On Tuesday, May 20 through Thursday, May 22, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., National Fuel executives and employees will volunteer at 58 service projects across 40 different locations, enhancing and beautifying the environment all in time for Memorial Day Weekend.

“Again this year, National Fuel employees will come together and make a meaningful impact by volunteering in the areas where we live and work,” said David P. Bauer, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Fuel Gas Company. “Every year, host sites are pleasantly surprised by all that is accomplished so quickly and efficiently, as National Fuel volunteers work hard and get the job done. I am excited to see the significant impact we will make within our communities this week.”

At some DOD sites in NY, volunteers will:

• Help Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo with clean-up efforts to maintain the cemetery’s serene environment.
• Plant up to 15 trees at Lang Weber Park in East Buffalo with Buffalo Green Fund and their Re-Tree WNY program.
• Find and prep logs for a wood-sourced play space at Beaver Meadow Nature Preserve’s Trail Project in North Java.
• Work with Revitalize Dunkirk on summer prep at various locations including Dunkirk Pier, Bicentennial Park and Dunkirk Lighthouse.
• Get Camp Seven Hills in Holland ready with the Girl Scouts of WNY.
• Assist Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy with the area’s bank restoration project.
• Enhance the Wellsville area with various clean-up projects, including Genesee River, Main Street and local monuments.

At some DOD sites in PA, volunteers will:

• Rejuvenate the Erie Cemetery by planting flowers, picking up trash and cleaning gravestones.
• Assist the Northwest PA Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the PSU Master Watershed Stewards remove litter from Cascade Creek in Erie.
• Landscape and do maintenance projects at four different Erie properties for the Veterans Leadership Program.
• Help with various painting projects at the Warren County Fairground.
• Spread mulch, plant flowers and vegetables, and complete other outdoor activities at Oil City’s YMCA Camp Coffman.
• Paint and do maintenance work at the Allegheny Valley Veterans Center in Clarendon.
• Help the Heath Sportsmen’s Club in Sigel with stream bank and trail clean up.

Over the course of Days of Doing, National Fuel employees will provide a value of approximately $80,017 based on the national volunteer hour value of $34.79.

National Fuel intends to provide participating Days of Doing nonprofits with micro-grants through the National Fuel Gas Company Foundation and will continue to increase corporate volunteerism through its established Faces of Fuel Volunteer Program and annual Days of Doing events.