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Piedmont Natural Gas today announced a $30,000 donation to the American Red Cross to help communities recover and rebuild after Hurricane Florence.

Duke Energy is helping communities prepare ahead of Hurricane Florence with $145,000 in grants to the American Red Cross. The funds will support disaster response, including support for Red Cross shelters, volunteer training and mobilization of volunteers.

Duke Energy está ayudando a las comunidades a prepararse para el huracán Florence con un subsidio de $145,000 para la Cruz Roja Americana. Los fondos se invertirán en respuestas ante desastres, tales como capacitación y movilización de voluntarios, y apoyo para los refugios de la Cruz Roja.

For 33 years, Duke Energy has partnered with employees and customers to lend a hand to those struggling to pay their energy bills. The company is reinforcing that commitment with an additional $600,000 contribution to its Share the Warmth program to help South Carolina customers pay their high seasonal energy bills.

Economic development officials in five Indiana counties have been presented recommendations from nationally recognized site consultant Strategic Development Group as part of Duke Energy’s 2018 Site Readiness Program.

The Duke Energy Foundation recently awarded nearly $300,000 in grants to 11 South Carolina organizations that impact communities served by Duke Energy through nonprofit capacity-building efforts, expanding access to arts and culture, and other strategic community initiatives.

Since its launch in 2011, the Urban Revitalization program has issued $2.2 million in grants to 65 projects – including $275,000 to nine projects in 2018.

Piedmont Natural Gas and the Catawba Science Center today celebrated a new aquaponics greenhouse, the latest addition to the SALT (Science, Art and Literature Together) Block in Hickory, N.C.

Piedmont Natural Gas is reminding Nashville residents about “SNAPBack,” a program that helps participants in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Duke Energy Foundation is investing approximately $400,000 in Indiana youth to improve literacy, including helping to maintain and improve reading levels over the summer.