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A group of AEP volunteers helped vulnerable homeowners during Modcon Living's recent Rebuilding a Healthy Neighborhood event.

Cory Gates, a line crew supervisor in Lancaster who has been with AEP Ohio for 16 years, said he isn’t a very emotional person. But he nearly broke down in tears when he was surprised by the kindness of his fellow lineworkers.

AEP Texas Service Mechanic Roman Tambunga was maneuvering his bucket truck out of an Ozona neighborhood when he saw smoke coming out of a home. His response helped ensure the resident and his pets safely exited the home before it was engulfed in flames. He also helped the volunteer fire department fight the fire. 

When faced with an emergency situation, people have a “fight or flight” response that instinctively kicks in. No one quite knows for sure how they will react until it happens. For the line department at Columbus Southwest, that answer is now apparent: fight.

When no one else stopped to investigate an overturned pickup truck, a Transmission Field Services crew from Uvalde, Texas immediately knew “something’s not right”.

Thousands of children in AEP’s 11-state footprint rely on buses to get them to and from school. Thanks to a group of enterprising employees and federal funding, some of those kids will be getting new, electric school buses soon.

A former employee at AEP's Pirkey coal plant started a new career at North Central Energy Facilities. His prior experience with hydraulics at Pirkey mixed with ingenuity was key to repairing wind turbines quickly.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

For Appalachian Power's George Porter, these words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. echo his own personal story.

Victor Manuel Gonzalez, the son of AEP Texas Line Mechanic Victor Gonzalez, organized a dog food drive to benefit the Harlingen Humane Society and Donja’s Dogs. Victor Manuel's love for community service runs in the family - his dad is well-known for his good deeds, like donating 30 Thanksgiving dinners to families in need.

Behind a company making the transition to a cleaner tomorrow are employees making a similar and just as dramatic shift in their futures.