NOVEC is collecting coats and holiday gifts for children in need

November 22, 2022

Contact: NOVEC Public Relations, 1-888-335-0500, [email protected]

Donated Toys

Some of the toys NOVEC customers and employees collected for children in 2020. NOVEC photo

MANASSAS, Va. – Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative  is collecting new or gently used winter coats, hats, scarves, and gloves for underprivileged children. In addition, NOVEC HELPS, a group of employee volunteers, is collecting new, unwrapped toys and gifts for children in homeless shelters.

“We’re asking Co-op customers and other residents to please donate toys and gifts for tots, tweens, and teens,” says Nan Musick, NOVEC HELPS board of directors’ chairman. “We always collect a lot of toys for little ones, but older children and teenagers appreciate backpacks, board games, books, bath gift sets, hand-held electronics, and socks.”

Donations may be dropped off Monday-Friday, between 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., until Dec. 12 at the following address:

NOVEC
10323 Lomond Drive
Manassas, VA 20109

About NOVEC HELPS

NOVEC HELPS, Hands Engaged in Local Public Service, is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization of NOVEC employees who volunteer in the community. The NOVEC HELPS board of directors votes on projects and events to support, whether with financial donations or with feet on the ground. Learn more at www.novechelps.org.         


About NOVEC

NOVEC, headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, is a not-for-profit corporation that provides electricity to more than 178,000 metered customers in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, and Clarke counties, the City of Manassas Park, and the Town of Clifton. It also supplies natural gas and energy products and services to consumers in the Washington, D.C., region. The utility serves more customers than any electric co-op in Virginia and is one of the largest electric cooperatives in the United States. For more information, visit www.novec.com or call 703-335-0500 .

NOVEC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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