Employee Involvement
Employees volunteer their time, energy and resources.
Jackson EMC employees put the cooperative principle of “Concern for Community” in action by volunteering their time and resources for local organizations within our 10-county service area. Our employees have joined Habitat for Humanity builds, filled backpacks for weekend food programs, sorted food donations at food pantries, mentored at-risk youth, and painted a non-profit thrift store. Our engineering employees serve as volunteer science fair judges. Additionally, in 2017, our employees participated in more than twenty 5K races benefiting local non-profits.
Many Jackson EMC employees serve as committee members and officers of area chambers of commerce and service and civic organizations, such as the Gwinnett Student Leadership Board, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Peace Place, The Tree House, Boys & Girls Club, and Legacy Mentoring.
Check out a few of our community highlights below. For an archived list of community stories, visit our newsroom.
Read about some of the activities our employees are doing in the community:
JACKSON EMC ROLE MODELS VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE
One organization that benefits from our employees’ volunteerism is the American Cancer Society. Each of Jackson EMC’s four offices support the nonprofit organization. Many employees participate in Relay for Life...
POWERING HOMES AND SAVING DOGS
When Greg Mathis, system control coordinator, leaves a shift of helping to keep the lights on for Jackson EMC members, he starts another shift fostering and finding homes for abandoned dogs in his community. ...
THE MOST UNDER-RATED BENEFIT A VETERAN COULD HAVE
Chris June, a Jackson EMC Gwinnett District lineman, is in a unique position to relate to the concerns and issues of veterans dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He comes from a long-line of family members who have served in the military. ...
WHERE THERE’S A PASSION, THERE’S A PLACE TO SERVE
Melanie Berryman has a passion for serving others. “My passion is being a voice for those less fortunate, sharing my story to help others so they don’t feel alone in their own story or struggle,” said Berryman, who serves as district secretary for the Neese office. ...
Tonia Standridge knew the joy of watching children opening Christmas presents. Her family hosted 82 foster children in their home throughout her childhood and teen years. But it wasn’t until she saw a video of children in Guatemala opening a 90-pound care box ...
EVERYONE IS AFFECTED BY CANCER
Tim Sweat, one of seven children that included five brothers and one sister, has a history of cancer in his family. “We first lost my brother—the healthy one—at age 38. He ate healthy, exercised, really took care of himself. And he’s the one who got cancer,” Sweat said. ...
MANAGER VOLUNTEERS WITH SALVATION ARMY
If you’ve recently shopped at one of the local Walmart’s in Gwinnett County, you may have seen District Manager Randy Dellinger donning the official apron and ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. ...
The Civitans organization encourages its clubs to seek out and meet needs within their communities, so when Terry Whitworth, district operations superintendent in Gainesville and member of the Lanierland Civitan Club, learned that there was no structured support system ...
Neese District employees Karin Morris, customer service rep; Mayra Velez, bi-lingual customer service rep; Randall Echols, custodian; and Melanie Berryman, Neese District secretary and M.A.R.T. Life Enrichment Action Team Committee member volunteer, ...
Cooperative Involvement
Jackson EMC strengthens area organizations and events
At Jackson EMC, we take the cooperative principle of “concern for community” very seriously. We are proud to make the communities we serve better places to live by providing volunteer manpower and financial support for local community and charitable activities. We provide support to schools and colleges, non-profit organizations and chambers of commerce within the communities we serve. Additionally, many of our employees volunteer their time and skills within organizations we support.
LINEMEN TEACH ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Jackson EMC remains committed to educating the community about electrical safety. During the school year, Jackson EMC linemen share their unique skill set and electricity safety tips with elementary school students throughout our community...
Since 2007 Jackson EMC has proudly sponsored the annual Lanierland Tournament in Hall County. Having started more than a half-a-century ago, the basketball invitational is the longest running tournament in Georgia. ...
It was a perfect intersection of need and service when 22 Jackson EMC employees participating in the University of Georgia Management Development Program journeyed to Extra Special People’s (ESP) Camp Hooray for a day of work and fellowship. ...
HELPING BUILD FUTURE ENGINEERS
Jackson EMC's Gwinnett District recently hosted members of the Safety & Science of Engineering Projects team, part of Georgia 4-H State Congress, so the students could see real-world science and technology that’s similar to projects the students did themselves. ...