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South Jersey Gas donates to NJ SHARES program to help customers pay their bills

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Provided/Monica Grybowski, director of Administration and Finance, New Jersey SHARES; Cheryl Stowell, CEO, New Jersey SHARES; Dominick DiRocco, vice president, Rates & Regulatory Affairs and Interim General Counsel, SJI; Kelly McBurney, manager Customer Operations, SJI Utilities and New Jersey SHARES Board Member; Andrew McNally, senior director, Government Affairs, SJI.

FOLSOM - South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas, subsidiaries of South Jersey Industries, recently made charitable contributions totaling $500,000 to New Jersey SHARES for customers who need assistance on their utility bills.

New Jersey SHARES is a nationally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides statewide help and referral for essential services to those in need of assistance. NJ SHARES serves as a safety net for households that face an emergency or a crisis situation. These unexpected circumstances may result in the household's inability to pay for vital services, which include but are not limited to gas, electric, water, communications and housing resources.

At SJI, our mission is to deliver safe, reliable, affordable energy to our 725,000+ customers and businesses in New Jersey, SJI Senior Vice President Melissa Orsen said in a release. We are pleased to partner with NJ SHARES, as they are such a strong community resource providing utility assistance to customers who need it the most.

We are so grateful to South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas for this generous donation!  These important funds will help make a difference for struggling New Jersey families around the State, SHARES CEO Cheryl Stowell said.

For more information about SJI and its subsidiaries visit https://www.sjindustries.com.

For more information on New Jersey SHARES visit https://njshares.org/.