PSEG Long Island Provides Military Veterans with Winter Coats and Boots, Food and Appreciation

(UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Dec. 5, 2024) Throughout November, PSEG Long Island employees, some of whom are former members of the military, proudly supported veterans at distribution events across Long Island.

“Our Military Tuesday events, second annual Thanksgiving meal giveaway with Long Island Cares and other activities enable our volunteers to give thanks to local veterans around Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. In these two giveaways and at Nassau County’s annual Stand Down event, PSEG Long Island and our employees are supporting important initiatives that help hundreds of servicemen and women keep warm and have a more enjoyable holiday season.”

-  David Lyons, Interim President and COO, PSEG Long Island

Last week PSEG Long Island employee volunteers handed out new winter coats and boots along with winter essentials to more than 400 veterans at the Nassau County’s Veterans Services annual Stand Down. The items were donated to the General Needs veterans’ assistance organization by PSEG Long Island.

On Nov. 17, 10 PSEG Long Island employee volunteers helped the 9-1-1 Veterans organization distribute reusable shopping bags filled with turkeys, Thanksgiving sides and desserts to 500 military veterans. The volunteers also helped to manage traffic at the drive-thru event held in Lindenhurst.

The Thursday before Thanksgiving, more than two dozen PSEG Long Island employees volunteered in the rain and cold in Hauppauge to distribute the makings of a Thanksgiving feast to local military veterans and their families. In the second annual drive-thru distribution, PSEG Long Island employees handed out frozen turkeys and pumpkin pies, plus all the fixings for complete Thanksgiving meals, along with LED lightbulbs and reusable shopping bags – all donated by the utility. The event, held at the H. Lee Dennison building, served more than 500 veterans in partnership with Long Island Cares, Inc. and the Suffolk County Veteran Service Agency. Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine stopped by to support the initiative and helped to distribute items. 

“More than 500 Suffolk County veterans and their families received turkeys and traditional holiday trimmings this year,” said Dr. Jessica Rosati, vice president for Programs and Community Services at Long Island Cares. “Working side by side with PSEG Long Island gave us the great privilege of bringing this wonderful service to those who served and kept us safe and free.“ 

On two Tuesdays in November, PSEG Long Island sponsored Military Appreciation Tuesday events at the Long Island Cares, Inc. – Harry Chapin Food Bank pantries in Bethpage, Hampton Bays, Huntington Station, Freeport, Lindenhurst and Valley Stream. While veterans shopped at the six pantries, PSEG Long Island employee volunteers helped them with healthy proteins and fresh produce, personal care items and reusable bags with LED lightbulbs provided by PSEG Long Island. The bags also included information about the company’s money-saving financial and energy efficiency programs.  More than 1,000 veterans and their family members were served at these two events.

In addition to these November events, PSEG Long Island employees, many of whom are military veterans themselves, participated in several other events and activities during the year to support veterans in the community. 

• In October, PSEG Long Island employee volunteers helped distribute fresh produce, personal essentials and clothing, provided by PSEG Long Island, to hundreds of veterans on the east end. The event, held at the Suffolk County Community College Riverhead campus, was a collaboration of PSEG Long Island, General Needs, Long Island Cares, Inc. and the Suffolk County Veteran Service Agency.
• Each December and May, groups of employee volunteers place wreaths and American flags at the national cemeteries in Calverton and Pinelawn for Flags Across America and Wreaths Across America. This year the wreath-laying event will be Dec. 14.
• Over the summer months, PSEG Long Island employee volunteers distributed fresh produce, clothing and other essentials donated by PSEG Long Island at Suffolk County’s Stand Down for veterans and at a produce distribution event held at Long Island Cares in Hauppauge.
• In August, several employees who are military veterans kayaked 22 miles across the Long Island Sound in the 22 PTSD Awareness Challenge to shine a light on the issue of veteran suicide.  
  
  

PSEG Long Island has a longstanding commitment to honoring and supporting veterans and is proud to count military veterans among its workforce. Its employees are dedicated to providing customers with safe, reliable power and also committed to the communities they serve by engaging in community service activities to support and help their neighbors. For more information on how PSEG Long Island supports the communities it serves, visit psegliny.com/community.

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PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system under a long-term contract.  PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.