HOULTON — If you walk into a Dead River Company office any Wednesday in September, don’t be confused. It’s not “casual Friday.” It’s “Blue Jeans Wednesday.”
Beginning a week from today, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 26, Dead River Company will support “Hunger Awareness Month” in all 57 of its Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts service areas giving their employees an opportunity to donate a dollar to wear blue jeans to work. The money donated by employees will be matched dollar for dollar by Dead River Company.
The donations will be distributed to the following food banks: Maine, Good Shepherd Food Bank; New Hampshire, New Hampshire Food Bank; Vermont, Vermont Food Bank; Massachusetts, Center for Self Reliance.
This is one of many donations Dead River Company has made across its footprint in its concentrated effort to combat hunger. So far this year, the company has donated over $250,000 to food assistance programs that serve thousands of families in need.
“This is a company-wide effort,” said Bob Moore, president and CEO of Dead River Company. “We made a commitment to help people in the communities we serve, and our employees have embraced it completely—donating food and their time at local food banks. We thought ‘Blue Jeans Wednesdays’ would be an easy way for them to take part.”
About Dead River Company: Founded in 1909 by Charles Hutchins, Dead River Company originated in the forest products industry, along the banks of the Dead River, from which the company took its name. Today, Dead River Company is the largest distributor of petroleum products in northern New England. The company’s offerings include a variety of petroleum products on both the wholesale and retail levels, including home heating oil, propane, kerosene, diesel fuel and gasoline. Energy professionals provide 24- hour emergency response service, as well as energy-efficient heating system design, installation and maintenance services to help meet customers’ fuel conservation goals. The company’s Dead River Properties division is actively engaged in commercial real estate, developing, owning and managing a large portfolio of properties from Maine to Florida. For more information, visit www.deadriver.com.
