LG&E and KU employees power community impact through annual Day of Caring

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) - Today, more than 350 employees of Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company volunteered alongside 26 local nonprofit organizations that provide important programs and services for communities across the company's service area. It's part of an enterprise-wide annual event called Day of Caring. Volunteer projects include organizing donations such as non-perishable food items and medical supplies, completing landscape and cleanup work, preparing meals and supporting facility improvement projects.

Day of Caring is part of the annual employee-giving campaign, Power of One, held by PPL and its companies that brings together monetary giving and volunteerism in the communities where employees live and work in Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Over the past six years alone, LG&E and KU's local Power of One campaign has raised nearly $2 million annually through employee donations and with support from the LG&E and KU Foundation.

"Day of Caring is a powerful reflection of our employees' commitment to showing up, lending a hand and serving the communities we call home," said Mary Kate Gray, Manager of Corporate Responsibility and Community Affairs. "Through Power of One, our employees continue to make a meaningful difference by giving their time, talents and resources to support organizations that help our neighbors thrive."

Since the Power of One campaign began in 2005, LG&E and KU employees, with support of the Foundation, have helped raise more than $35 million. Giving back to the communities where employees live and work is a long-standing tradition at LG&E and KU. In total, employees report volunteering more than 15,000 hours of service in their communities each year.

For today's Day of Caring, LG&E and KU employees volunteered at the following locations:

Bedford
Trimble County High School

Elizabethtown
Hope Academy for Kids
Warm Blessings Kitchen

Lexington
God's Pantry Food Bank
Lexington Rescue Mission
Newton's Attic
The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
The Nest Lexington

Louisville
Catholic Charities-Sister Visitor Center Choice Food Pantry
Central Louisville Community Ministries
Dress for Success Louisville
Dreams With Wings
Earth & Spirit Center
Family Scholar House
Feed Louisville
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
Imagination Library of Louisville
Kentucky Humane Society
Lincoln Heritage Council Camp
Maryhurst
Neighborhood House
Park Alliance of Louisville
SOS Health and Hope
St. John Center
The Prisoner's Hope

Jeffersonville, IN
Gilda's Club

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Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) and its companies, are regulated utilities that serve nearly 1.4 million customers and have consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. LG&E serves 336,000 natural gas and 443,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties. KU serves 581,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and 28,000 in five counties in Virginia. More information is available at www.lge-ku.com and www.pplweb.com .