- Contribution Continues GE’s Legacy of Giving back to the Communities Where Its Employees Live and Work
- Donation Made on Behalf of Company’s Salem Facility
ROANOKE, Va. - June 4, 2015 - GE (NYSE: GE) is donating $3,000 to Roanoke Area Ministries (RAM), which will help provide the area’s homeless and poverty-stricken with 11,000 meals in the months to come.
GE’s donation is being made on behalf of its 750 employees located at the company’s Salem facility, where industrial controls are designed and manufactured. A cross-functional group including leadership, engineers and production employees from the plant selected the organization for the donation.
“GE is proud to support RAM as it continues to provide much-needed assistance to the hungry, homeless and poverty-stricken in our community,” said Craig Strong, plant manager of the Salem facility. “GE has a strong legacy of giving back to the communities where our employees live and work. This financial donation of $3,000 is one more example of how we are extending this legacy.”
In April, GE contributed $3,500 to the Virginia Museum of Transportation to support its educational outreach efforts and develop future exhibits. Earlier this month, GE donated $4,000 to the Salvation Army’s Turning Point program - the area’s largest secure shelter for domestic violence victims and their children. The donation will help Turning Point significantly improve the living quarters for their residents and to offset the cost of food.
GE’s most recent charitable contribution will help RAM achieve its mission of providing safe shelter, nutritious lunches and emergency financial aid to those in need. RAM also offers laundry services, clothing and hygiene items upon request as well as support on issues concerning housing, veterans’ assistance, employment and mental health.
“I’ve been serving lunches at RAM for nearly 10 years and it’s been an extremely rewarding experience for me,” said Greg Morton, engineering manager at GE Oil & Gas and leader of the volunteer efforts at GE’s Salem facility. “It’s so important that we, as part of GE, do what we can to support the organization’s growth. I’ve seen first-hand what a difference it makes in the community,” he added.
In 2014, RAM provided a safe place for more than 3,100 homeless or poverty-stricken people and served close to 44,000 meals. It also provided more than $200,000 in financial aid to help more than 5,300 clients with their utility bills, rent, medical and prescription costs.
“We are so thankful for GE’s generosity,” said Debbie Denison, executive director or RAM. “We hope GE’s kindness will encourage others to assist with our efforts to alleviate homelessness and hunger in the Roanoke Valley.”
About Roanoke Area Ministries (RAM)
Established in 1971, Roanoke Area Ministries is an ecumenical, urban ministry that boldly serves as an advocate for the homeless and poverty-stricken, helping people in need through a variety of programs including emergency financial assistance, a hot, noon-time meal and a day shelter for the homeless. RAM’s goal is to empower people to move from dependency to self-sufficiency; in doing so, the organization is working to build a stronger, healthier Roanoke Valley community.
About GE’s Industrial Solutions Business
Industrial Solutions empowers smarter business operations by connecting equipment, software and services to protect, control and optimize assets within electrical infrastructures. The business provides customers, across various industries, with end-to-end product and service solutions that help ensure the reliability and protection of their electrical infrastructure. Industrial Solutions’ product and service solutions add to GE’s broader portfolio of leading technology solutions for the delivery, management, conversion and optimization of electrical power for customers across multiple energy-intensive industries.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the world. www.ge.com
For more information, contact:
Debbie Denison
Roanoke Area Ministries
+1 540 345 8850
Gia Oei
GE
Industrial Solutions
+1 860 747 7626 (office)
+1 860 709 2341 (mobile)