$1,000 Donation Made To NJ Sharing Network

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — The FirstEnergy Foundation has donated $1,000 each to 12 non-profit agencies working to make lives better in communities across its Jersey Central Power & Light service areas.

Among the 12 non-profits is the NJ Sharing Network in New Providence, which works to recover and place donated organs and tissue with those who need life-saving transplants.

These gifts are part of the FirstEnergy Foundation's "Gifts of the Season" campaign, which includes a total of 132 $1,000 gifts given to 132 non-profits across the company's six-state service area and in communities where the company does business.

Jersey Central Power & Light is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. serving about 1.1 million electric customers in New Jersey.

The FirstEnergy Foundation is funded solely by FirstEnergy Corp. and provides support to non-profit, tax-exempt health and human services agencies; educational organizations; cultural and arts programs and institutions; and civic groups in areas served by FirstEnergy's 10 electric operating companies and in areas where the company conducts business.

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