Elizabethtown Gas Provides $20,000 in Grants to Local Youth Sports
UNION, N.J., April 11, 2023 – Elizabethtown Gas is pleased to announce the winners of its annual Game On Grant Program. Twenty $1,000 grants will be awarded to help provide critical support to local, community-centered children’s athletic programs, leagues, clubs, associations and recreational organizations.
“At Elizabethtown Gas, we care about the communities where we live and work,” said Christie McMullen, president and COO, Elizabethtown Gas. “We’re proud to partner with this year’s Game On Grant recipients and support them in their missions to provide safe and fun activities for kids in our region.”
Since the program’s inception in 2021, Elizabethtown Gas has contributed $53,000 toward community-centered children’s athletic programs.
The 2023 Game On Grant Program recipients are:
| Skylands Field Hockey Association | City of Linden Recreation |
| Bethlehem Township Recreation | Long Valley Cheer |
| Girls on the Run of Hunterdon | Township of Mansfield Softball |
| Flemington Raritan Baseball | North Hunterdon Youth Baseball |
| Hackettstown Football | Scotch Plains/Fanwood Soccer |
| Hackettstown Recreational Baseball | Scotch Plains/Fanwood Baseball |
| Delaware Valley Basketball League | Lenape Valley Youth Baseball and Softball |
| Lambertville/West Amwell Baseball | Lambertville Ramblers Youth Football and Cheer |
| Vernon Youth Football and Cheer | Youth Softball of Westfield |
| Wolfpack Hockey League | Clark Township |
The Game On Grant Program will be offered again in February 2024. Please visit elizabethtowngas.com/community for more information.
About Elizabethtown Gas
Elizabethtown Gas, a subsidiary of South Jersey Industries (SJI), delivers safe, reliable and affordable natural gas and promotes energy efficiency to over 300,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in parts of Union, Middlesex, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris and Mercer counties. For eight years in a row, Elizabethtown Gas has ranked highest in customer satisfaction for residential gas service among east midsize utilities by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information, visit elizabethtowngas.com.
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South Jersey Industries (SJI) is an energy infrastructure holding company based in Folsom, NJ, delivering energy services to customers through two primary subsidiaries:SJI Utilities (SJIU) and SJI Energy Enterprises (SJIEE).SJIU houses the company’s regulated natural gas utility operations, delivering safe, reliable and affordable natural gas to more than 700,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across New Jersey via its South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas subsidiaries. SJIEE houses the company’s non-utility operations primarily focused on clean energy development and decarbonization via renewable energy production and energy management activities.Visit sjindustries.com for more information about SJI and its subsidiaries.
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