ComEd Employees to Volunteer Time, Reduce Costs for Area Service Agencies

In keeping with its commitment to service, ComEd will lead more than 30 volunteer events to plant trees, clean up parks, mentor students, build homes and fill food pantry shelves in observance of National Volunteer Week, beginning April 8. 

For decades, ComEd has supported education, environmental stewardship and community-building efforts throughout the region. Everything we do is aimed at building a stronger, more sustainable future.

Now in its eighth consecutive year, National Volunteer Week is an annual, nationwide movement that encourages individuals and organizations to improve communities through volunteer service. ComEd employees will organize community service projects throughout the month of April.

ComEd and its parent company, Exelon, recognize National Volunteer Week by empowering employee volunteers to design their service projects and recruit others to participate.

Community service organizations saved an estimated $270,000 as a result of the 280 work weeks (11,200 hours) volunteered by ComEd employees in 2013. Equivalent to five and a half years of full-time service, these volunteer efforts offer nonprofit partners the opportunity to reinvest resources and better serve communities throughout Northern Illinois. 

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