SHREVEPORT, La., Nov. 11, 2021 – Southwestern Electric Power Co. employees today donated approximately 25 boxes of canned goods, toiletries and other staples to Woody’s Home for Veterans in Shreveport. SWEPCO’s Military Veterans Employee Resource Group (MVERG) has collected the food and toiletries for the past 12 years as a way to honor those who have served our country.
“These donations help us feed our veterans and save costs. Anything you use in your house, we use in our house also. Whether it is paper products or groceries, it always helps,” said Dr. Ronald ‘Doc’ Key, Woody’s Home for Veterans’ owner and administrator.
Woody’s Home for Veterans was founded in 2003 with the mission to provide a stable home environment for veterans in need of continued psychiatric care.
“It’s so important to let the veterans know that we are here and that we do care,” said Twila Dunlap, SWEPCO’s Customer Services & Marketing coordinator and MVERG lead. “Our annual food drive is just one way to help.”
“The guys love it when people interact with them because they don’t get many visitors,” Key said.
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American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is powering a cleaner, brighter energy future for its customers and communities. AEP’s approximately 16,800 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electricity transmission system and more than 223,000 miles of distribution lines to safely deliver reliable and affordable power to 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation’s largest electricity producers with approximately 30,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including more than 5,600 megawatts of renewable energy. The company’s plans include growing its renewable generation portfolio to approximately 50% of total capacity by 2030. AEP is on track to reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 levels by 2030 and has committed to achieving net zero by 2050. AEP is recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion. AEP’s family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.