Energy for Others^® is now
Sempra Employee Giving Network

Effective August 2008, Energy for Others^® has been renamed to the Sempra Employee Giving Network.

And a new logo, identity and Web site, and Web site updates, will follow during the next few weeks.

The organization is still the same 501(c)(3) nonprofit public-benefit charitable corporation formed in July 2002 to facilitate support of community-based charitable groups by employees of the Sempra Energy family, but with a stronger name, which represents what the organization really does.

Its predecessor programs, before 2002, included two very successful, individual company efforts:  the SDG&E Contrib Club and SoCalGas' G.A.S. Works program. 

As part of the Sempra Energy Giving Network employee-giving program, employees can either designate their contributions to the groups of their choice and/or they can donate directly to their local Sempra Energy Giving Network' fund. One hundred percent of all contributions made by employees are directed to their charities of choice.

A board of directors provides governance. It's made up of people from a number of Sempra Energy companies. Councils made up of local advisers have also been set up to review and provide input on requests submitted for funding.

Since it began, more than $500,000 has been raised each year and donated to charities in communities where employees work and live.