Business Bid - Community Engagement

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

At New Jersey American Water, we take pride in providing quality, reliable water and wastewater service for our customers and communities. We also take pride in giving back to the communities we serve and the neighborhoods in which our employees live.

Through community giving, in-kind donations, partnerships, and volunteering, New Jersey American Water demonstrates our commitment to programs that address community-specific needs. We work with several community-based partners throughout our service areas to positively impact the overall quality of life where our customers, employees, and neighbors live and work.

Here are a few examples of how we take an active role in the communities we serve:

Quote from Kent Buchanan, Captain, Somerville Fire Police: Through the generosity of companies such as yours, the Somerville Fire Police can maintain our high level of safety for the residents of Somerville.

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FIRST RESPONDER GRANT PROGRAM

This program provides grants of up to $2,000 each to volunteer firefighter and emergency responder organizations in our service areas for the purchase of protective gear, lifesaving equipment, tools, training, and related activities/materials. The Somerville Rescue Squad is a recipient of this year’s grant and will receive $1,950 to purchase a Philips HeartStart AED to support their life-saving work. The Somerville Fire Police has been a grant recipient twice, in 2015 and 2016.

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ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT PROGRAM

The Environmental Grant Program provides grants of $1,000 to $10,000 for community-based projects that improve, restore, and help protect our source water and surrounding watersheds. This grant opportunity is open to any 501c3 organizations in our service areas. Somerset County Office of Emergency Management was awarded a $10,000 Environmental Grant in 2022 for county-wide reforestation efforts using native trees and shrubs to help mitigate flooding from stormwater runoff impacts in the county’s most vulnerable areas. Together with several municipal partners, including the Borough of Somerville, this project will engage the local communities to learn about the benefits of reforestation has on the local watershed.

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MAYOR’S “CHARITY OF CHOICE” GRANT PROGRAM

Every year at the New Jersey Conference of Mayors Association’s Annual Conference, New Jersey American Water randomly selects three Mayors as recipients of a $1,000 donation to their “Charity of Choice.”