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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to serve the communities where we live and work, both as individuals and corporate citizens. Both and The Vectren Foundation play an instrumental role in “walking the talk” – providing more than $2 million in grants to help support the operation of and the programs offered by the many valuable not-for-profit organizations that make our communities strong. And a large number of these grants were accompanied by volunteer time and leadership by Vectren employees living our corporate value: community. Our communities are facing significant challenges these days. The resources of many nonprofit organizations are being stretched to the limit as they attempt to address community needs. The Vectren Foundation believes communities must have a strong social infrastructure to thrive, so we continue to focus our giving on health and human services, civic and community development and education as well as arts and culture to help the nonprofits stretch their resource dollars. Beginning in late 2007 and continuing into the future, an increasing number of Foundation grants are helping communities focus more on our environment and educating customers on how to conserve energy as well as natural resources. We believe this new strategic focus will help to shift our collective behavior, so we all will be in a position to mitigate our growing energy use and increasing energy costs. I am proud of the many Vectren employees who are contributing their time, talent and leadership to nonprofit organizations. These employees are helping to guide charitable organizations to become more focused with their strategies, more efficient with their delivery and even more sustainable to better serve their clients. The following pages share with you how the energy of the human spirit can – and DOES – help us all to be productive, comfortable and secure.

Sincerely, NIEL ELLERBROOK

Niel C. Ellerbrook Vectren Chairman and CEO

2007 ALLOCATIONS BY SEGMENT 2007 GIVING Total: $2 million by geographic region

1 Vectren Foundation is committed to educating the communities in which it serves through the following:

• Improvement in literary and critical thinking skills

• Classroom programs teaching creative skills

• Programs that prepare youth for higher education and entry into the workforce

• Higher education programs that support technological and business interests of the natural gas and electric industries

Cris Hochwender, UE biology professor, and his students studying the land at The Vectren Conservation Park- Environmental Research Lab

Photo by Jordan Barclay

When the University of Evansville was looking for the thousand-plus acres of wetlands promise to offer ways to act on its promise to become a leader in environ- remarkable insight into a recovering ecosystem. It’s that mental issues, it turned to Vectren for help. Through a potential that Vectren CEO Niel Ellerbrook found unique partnership forged in the summer of 2007, UE and attractive when the university approached him for help Vectren created an 1,100-acre “outdoor classroom” that creating an outdoor research facility. To others, the offers students an extraordinary opportunity. property may have seemed just a vast tract of land; The land, known as The Vectren Conservation Park- Ellerbrook saw it as a place where, as he says, University of Evansville Environmental Research Lab, “nature and knowledge combine.” lies along the Wabash River in southwest . An It’s a powerful combination given the potential. UE ecologically diverse wetlands area, it has been under the biologist Cris Hochwender predicts this expansive outdoor protection of Vectren since 1999, when the energy classroom will produce essential information about water company bought the property and enrolled it in the U.S. purification, groundwater recharge, prevention of soil Natural Resource Conservation Service’s Wetlands erosion, and the recovery of wildlife habitat. As exciting, Reserve Program. To transform the farmland back into an the site may soon become a destination for archaeology important wildlife habitat, Vectren planted 120,000 trees students learning the art of excavation, creative writing and 14,000 native shrubs. students composing odes to the environment, and It’s this richly reforested site that is now offering astronomy students in search of star-filled skies. Says Arlen university students invaluable field experience in Kaufman, director of the university’s environmental science environmental research. As university scientists note, program, “We’re at the tip of the iceberg.” 2 Vectren Foundation recognizes the need to foster creativity and celebrate unique forms of human expression. Arts and culture funding requests are awarded to groups that support or offer the following:

• Promote and support the performing arts

• Preservation and presentation of graphic arts

• Examination, preservation and presentation of the history of our communities and our culture

• Exploration of this amazing world and our interrelation with our environment

Linda Edwards, Terre Haute Children’s Museum interim director, and local children at the construction site of the new museum

Photo by Chelsea Sanders | bluelinestyle.com

The power of imagination and the energy of the science, math, and technology – will be bigger than human spirit are what fueled an ambitious dream in the the original museum by more than ten-fold. Indiana city of Terre Haute a decade ago. That is when Museum supporters recall their decision to dream a group of devoted citizens opened the Terre Haute big and audacious. Booster Linda Edwards, who is Children’s Museum in a 1,500 square-foot basement of serving as the museum’s interim director, says the an old church. plan to raise $8 million was met with skepticism, Within three years, they had found a new home in given the museum’s relative youth and inexperience an old bank, doubling the size of their exhibition space. raising money. It’s a story she loves to tell, given how Since then, thousands of children have come to know close the new children’s museum is to opening its the museum as a place to feed their intellectual doors in Downtown Terre Haute. curiosity and nurture their love of learning. Yet the Fittingly, the museum’s new logo is a wide-eyed community of believers who birthed the museum knew character that symbolizes “every child” and portrays the possibilities for more were there. the museum’s pledge to make discovery a part of every So, too, did the Vectren Foundation, who in 2007 magical experience inside its doors. That has been the joined a battalion of supporters, from large corporations mission ever since those early days when the museum to small donors, in contributing to a major capital was a modest grassroots initiative with the big ambition campaign that has raised millions of dollars to build a of developing a community of lifelong learners. Vectren new children’s museum. Slated to open in early 2009, is proud to be part of a project that serves and the facility – devoted to celebrating the wonders of strengthens the Terre Haute community. 3 Vectren Foundation supports events that celebrate the spirit of community, diversity and good citizenship. Foundation contributions are generally awarded to programs or agencies that meet the following criteria:

• Conservation of and education about natural resources or sound environmental practices

• Sustainability through preservation and revitalization of communities

• Programs that promote or celebrate the benefits of diversity in the community

• Programs that provide experienced executive talent to nonprofit organizations

Local Bedford children playing on the new Edgewood Park playground

Photo by Shane Zinkhon | bluelinestyle.com

Almost one out of every five dollars the Vectren The transformation of that “little spot” into a Foundation spends goes to improving communities and destination for neighborhood children and their families making them sustainable. These civic projects celebrate took place over the course of a long day of labor by the spirit of community, and nowhere was that spirit more volunteers who worked in teams. Their work ran the evident than in the community of Bedford one hot August gamut – from serving up iced tea to thirsty workers to day last summer. That is when more than 175 volunteers heavy manual labor. “The community just came turned out to take part in an ambitious project that trans- together,” says Johns. One great joy for many who formed an unsafe play area in an aging neighborhood into donated their time that day came from knowing the a state-of-the-art playground that inspires community pride. playground would be a safe destination not just for Vectren was one of a partnership of public servants, Bedford citizens but for their neighbors. Edgewood private individuals, local businesses, and generous corporate Park is located next to a hospital, the Bedford citizens who donated money to the Bedford Urban Enterprise Regional Medical Center, which provides Zone to buy playground equipment, but it was the good essential medical care for residents from citizens of Bedford who deserve the praise for the success of throughout the area. Could there be Edgewood Park Build Day. Project organizer Natasha Johns a better place for such an inviting remembers what the park’s old play area looked like before park or one that instills such a the renovation. “It had an old wooden playground that had to sense of community pride? be taken down because it was so unsafe,” Johns recalls. Johns says, "It's so cool to see “It was just a little spot of pea gravel.” what a community can do.” 4 Vectren Foundation contributes to nonprofit agencies that reach out to those in need and build a strong social infrastructure:

• United Way Campaigns

• Access to quality healthcare and nutrition

• Quality, affordable housing for low-income families

• Care and protection of children at risk

• Preparation and support for challenged workers to enter the workforce

Leoma and Arnold Watts, Dayton, Ohio, residents who benefited from Rebuilding Together Dayton

Photo by Andy Snow In the midst of so much need, how can any one Among the scores of Dayton residents who have person make a difference? That’s the compelling ques- benefited from this kind of community partnership is tion that the founders of a volunteer-driven, nonprofit Leoma Watts, a woman who still lives in the home organization called Rebuilding Together Dayton asked that she and her late husband built in 1971. Leoma’s themselves more than a decade ago. Their answer: All son, Arnold, and his two children live with Leoma and you really need is a willing heart. From that humble help care for her, but the family could not afford on answer has come an impressive effort to provide and their own to make the kind of repairs needed to preserve safe and secure homes for hundreds of elderly maintain the home. After contacting Rebuilding and disabled low-income citizens in Dayton, Ohio. Together Dayton, a team of volunteers showed up at Rebuilding Together Dayton is a classic example of Leoma’s home to repair a leaking roof and to replace how the energy of the human spirit can strengthen damaged downspouts. The effort had a major impact, communities. How does it work? Rebuilding Together protecting both the home’s foundation and the interior Dayton connects hundreds of volunteers ready to from significant damage. Rebuilding Together Dayton donate their time and skills to help their neighbors was also able to install a new energy-efficient water in need. Using materials and equipment donated or heater that will significantly reduce the family’s purchased through monetary donations from support- monthly energy bill. Rebuilding Together Dayton ers – including Vectren – the volunteers perform the embraces the slogan, “One House at a Time” kind of home-repair and home-maintenance projects convinced that when it comes to building strong that can make the difference between home loss and communities even the smallest of efforts can make home ownership for people with limited resources. a mighty difference. 5 United Way of the Greater Dayton Area Community Care Day

Franklin, Indiana, employees volunteering for Johnson County Day of Caring

Evansville employees stain a gazebo during Day of Caring Columbus employees work at youth camp Day of Caring in Greenfield, Indiana

On a late summer day in 2007, hundreds of At Vectren, that means time, talent, and treasure Vectren employees throughout the company’s service from employees throughout the service territories. area stepped away from their offices and worksites to Inspired by the good work done by the United Way, spend a day engaged in a different kind of work: Vectren employees raised the bar for the United Way Fanning out across their communities, they donated campaign in 2007, increasing both their level of their time and talent to scores of labor-intensive projects participation and the amount of giving by 15 percent. designed to improve the quality of life in their cities and Through individual donations, employees raised towns. In taking part in the annual United Way Day of $408,000 in 2007 for United Way agencies in Indiana Caring, they helped kick off the United Way’s annual and Ohio. That’s up from their generous contributions of campaign to raise millions of dollars for programs that $346,000 in 2006. Of the many who gave, 141 of them serve those in need. Among those who took part in the reached an important United Way leadership giving level, day was Andy Higgins, manager of Vectren’s eBiz team, each pledging contributions of $1,000 or more. But who summed up the sentiment of his colleagues well that’s not all: Added to the employee donations were when he said, “Corporate leadership is about more than generous corporate matches and gifts and money raised dollars.” Vectren has long been a leader in supporting from special events. Vectren’s total gift topped the United Way and the non-profit agencies it helps $742,000. Vectren was proud to be acknowledged as a fund. Vectren’s core value of community is echoed in leader in United Way giving. Like the United Way, United Way’s mission to improve lives by mobilizing Vectren employees know it takes the whole community the caring power of communities. working together to create lasting change. 6 Blood drive in Muncie, Indiana

Hamilton County Special Olympics in Noblesville

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk in Dayton, Ohio Vehicle Day in Xenia, Ohio

Kid’s Night Out program in Greencastle, Indiana

Mt. Vernon crew replaces a storm siren Gibson Southern High School soccer concession stand Ball State University’s WIPB-TV Spring TeleSale

Vectren employees were the driving force behind a community need or walking for a cure, our Vectren multitude of grassroots initiatives in their communities in colleagues are making a difference and impacting their 2007 – both in contributions and volunteer hours. They communities in meaningful ways.” donated more than 20,000 hours of labor in 2007 to help That volunteer spirit extends through all four cate- nonprofit organizations across Vectren’s service territories – gories that the Vectren Foundation supports: arts and a 15 percent increase over the number of hours contributed culture, health and human services, civic projects and in 2006. From digging dirt in landscaping projects to education. Their efforts are wide-ranging, and the stocking the shelves of food pantries, Vectren employees organizations they help cover a wide array of needs – too volunteered their time and talent to projects designed to numerous to mention here. But whether they are mentor- strengthen the social fabric of their communities. Many of ing at-risk youth, coaching Special Olympic athletes, the Vectren employees were able to leverage their efforts raising much-needed dollars for local public broadcasting, into real dollars for these community projects, qualifying for or engaging in any of the multitude of good causes in community service matching grants and community their communities, they share a common goal: harnessing partnership project grants from the Vectren Foundation. human energy to change the world in which they live for Their efforts are impressive and inspiring to their the better. “Our employees believe in Vectren’s corporate colleagues. Says Jeff Whiteside, Vectren’s vice president value – community – and bring it to life through the of external affairs and sustainability: "I continue to be community service they provide throughout our service amazed by the exuberant volunteer spirit of our territories,” says Whiteside. “They truly illustrate what employees. Whether it is reaching out to support a being a good corporate citizen is all about.” 7 VECTREN FOUNDATION Safety Village of Wayne County Terre Haute Police Department Salvation Army (Anderson) United Way for Clinton County 2007 GRANTS & Sports & Hobby Development Group United Way of Clay County CONTRIBUTIONS St. Vincent Mercy Hospital Foundation United Way of Greater Lafayette IMPACT BY REGION Taylor University United Way of Putnam County Tipton County Community Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley Tipton County Public Library Wabash Valley Community Foundation INDIANA United Way of Grant County YMCA of Greater Indianapolis United Way of Huntington County United Way of Madison County NORTHEAST REGION United Way of the Whitewater Valley SOUTHEAST REGION Vintage Wheels Alternatives, Inc. of Madison County Westfield Parks & Recreation American Cancer Society (Clarksville) American Cancer Society (Anderson) Department Arts & Cultural Council of Decatur American Cancer Society (Columbus) YMCA of Greater Indianapolis - County American Cancer Society (Muncie) Hamilton County Barbara Jordan YMCA American Heart Association (Muncie) YMCA of Muncie Baxter YMCA Autism Advocates of Indiana Buskirk-Chumley Theatre Ball State University (WIPB) Bedford Urban Enterprise Zone Big Brothers Big Sisters of Henry NORTHWEST REGION Charlestown Police Department County Camptown City of Columbus City of Anderson Alzheimer’s Association of Indiana City of Mitchell City of Noblesville American Cancer Society (Terre Haute) City of Rushville Community Foundation of Grant Area IV Agency on Aging Clarksville Little League County Arthritis Foundation Columbus Police Athletic League Conner Prairie Association for Space Science Community Foundation of Creative Arts Council of Wells County Engineering & Technology (Lafayette Southern Indiana Edelweiss Equine-Assisted Therapy Children’s Museum) Community Service Center of Center Back to the Fifties Festival Morgan County Elwood Chamber of Commerce Crawfordsville Community School Foundation for Youth of Fishers Freedom Festival Corporation Bartholomew County Gateway Association Danville Chamber of Commerce Franklin College Gilead Ministries Danville Community High School Girls Incorporated of Shelbyville Gleaners Food Bank DePauw University Greater Seymour Chamber Grant County Rescue Mission FOP Lodge #85 of Terre Haute Hanover College Habitat of Grant County Fountain County Sheriff Department Haven House Services Habitat of Madison County Gateway Community Safety Net Human Services, Inc. Hamilton Centers Youth Services Indiana Newspaper in Education Indiana University Foundation Bureau Foundation Jackson County United Way Healthy Families of Hamilton County Indiana State University Foundation Johnson Community Foundation Henry County United Fund Junior Achievement of Greater Johnson County Development Huntington County Baseball Lafayette Corporation Indiana Newspaper In Excellence Junior Achievement of the Kelley School of Business Alumni Foundation Wabash Valley Association Indiana Special Olympics Lafayette Transitional Housing Center Madison Area Chamber Janus Developmental Services Lafayette Urban Ministries March of Dimes - Indiana Chapter Kenny Irwin Memorial Foundation Leadership Hendricks County March of Dimes - Ohio Valley Division LaFontaine Arts Council Lebanon Little League Martinsville Senior Citizens Center Life Stream Services Main Street Greencastle Metro United Way Madison County 4-H Association March of Dimes-Wabash Valley Monroe County School Corporation Make A Wish Foundation of Indiana Division Morgan County Memorial Hospital Muncie Children’s Museum Montgomery United Fund for You Foundation Muncie Symphony Orchestra Parke County Community Foundation Morgan County Leadership Academy Muncie-Delaware Senior Citizens Popcorn Festival of Clay County Morgan County Public Library Council Purdue University Foundation Foundation National Fire Safety Council Putnam County Fair & 4-H Club Muscular Dystrophy Association New Castle Babe Ruth Baseball Association One Southern Indiana Outfitters, Inc. Ronald McDonald House Charities Rush County Community Foundation Paramount Heritage Foundation Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Salvation Army (Shelbyville) Purdue University (Madison County Sheltering Wings Shelby Arts Council Extension) Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club Shelby County United Fund Richmond Art Museum, Inc. Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce Silver Creek High School Riverview Memorial Foundation Terre Haute Children's Museum Town of New Whiteland

8 Trafalgar Police Department Evansville Weed & Seed, Inc. Public Education Foundation of United Way of Bartholomew County Evansville Youth Baseball Evansville United Way of Jefferson County Evansville Youth Football Reitz Home Preservation Society United Way of Johnson County Evansville-Vand. School Corporation Reitz Memorial High School United Way of Lawrence County F. J. Reitz High School Music Boosters Rotary Foundation of Evansville United Way of Monroe County F. J. Reitz High School Salvation Army (Evansville) University of Louisville Forest Hills Baptist Church Service Corps of Retired Executives Volunteers in Medicine of Friends of Scott Township Trustee Monroe County Ft. Branch Johnson Township Library Scott Township Volunteer Fire White River Humane Society Gibson County Area Rehabilitation Department Center Scottish Rite Masonic Learning Center Gibson County Council on Aging Senior & Family Services, Inc. SOUTHWEST REGION Gibson General Health Foundation Master Gardners Girl Scouts of Raintree Council Association AIDS Resource Group Habitat for Humanity of Warrick Spencer County Council on Aging Albion Fellows Bacon Center County Spencer County Community Altrusa International of Evansville Habitat of Evansville Foundation Alzheimer’s Association Harrison High School St. John’s School American Cancer Society (Evansville) Henderson Humane Society St. Mary’s Foundation American Diabetes Association Highland Baseball Club St. Matthew School American Red Cross, Gibson County Holy Cross School St. Meinrad American Red Cross, Holy Rosary Susan G. Komen Foundation Southwest Indiana Impact Center SWIRCA ARK Crisis Child Care Center Indiana Black Expo, Evansville Chapter Southwest Indiana Soccer Association Arthritis Foundation Indiana Business Diversity Council Tales & Scales Arts Council of Southwest Indiana Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute The Literacy Center Aurora Indiana Petite Paws Rescue Angels The New Harmony Project Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Indiana Plan for Equal Employment Tri-State Alliance Ohio Valley Indiana Special Olympics Tri-State Art Guild Boom Squad, Inc. Ivy Tech Foundation Tri-State Food Bank Boost Our Youth Joshua Academy Tri-State Public Teleplex (WNIN) Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Junior Achievement of United Caring Shelters Buffalo Trace Council, Boy Scouts Southwestern Indiana United Methodist Youth Home of America Juvenile Diabetes Research United Neighborhoods of Evansville Career Choices, Inc. Foundation United Way of Daviess County Carver Community Organization Juvenile Guidance Foundation United Way of Gibson County Center for Family Life of Evansville Keep Evansville Beautiful United Way of Henderson County Central Labor Council Kiwanis Club of Historic United Way of Knox County Chamber of Commerce of Newburgh Foundation United Way of Pike County Southwest Indiana Koch Family Children’s Museum United Way of Posey County Daviess County Partnership, Inc. Labor Day Association United Way of Southwestern Indiana Deaconess Foundation Lampion Center United Way of the Ohio Valley , Inc. Leadership Evansville University of Evansville Easter Seals Lincoln Heritage Public Library University of Evansville Theatre Society ECHO Community Health Care March of Dimes USI Foundation Edwardsport Volunteer Fire Mater Dei High School Vanderburgh County Step Ahead Department McCutchanville Community Council Evansville African American Museum Association Vanderburgh County 4-H Association Evansville ARC Memorial Community Development Vanderburgh County Humane Society Evansville Association for the Blind Corporation Vincennes University Foundation Evansville Celebration of Diversity Muscular Dystrophy Association Warrick Chamber of Commerce Evansville Christian Life Center National Multiple Sclerosis Society Warrick County 4-H Council Evansville Christian School National Wild Turkey Federation Warrick Education Center Evansville Civic Theatre New Harmony Consolidated School Warrick Humane Society Evansville Dance Theatre Newburgh Junior Baseball Warrick Public Education Foundation Newburgh Volunteer Fire Department Washington Fire Department Evansville Elite Soccer Club Wesselman Nature Society Evansville Goodwill Industries Oakland City-Columbia Public Library West Side Christian Church Evansville Kidney Association Our Greater Community Women’s Club of Newburgh Evansville Museum Patchwork Central YMCA of Southwestern Indiana Evansville Parks Foundation Pennyrile Youth Soccer Association Youth First Evansville Philharmonic Guild Pike County Emergency Medical Youth Resources Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra Service YWCA of Evansville Evansville Regional Foundation Plaza Baseball Booster Club

9 MULTI-REGION Catholic Social Services Miami Valley Downs Syndrome The following are organizations Centerville-Washington Diversity Association that received grants that impact Council Miami Valley Fair Housing Center more than one region. Central State University Miami Valley Hospital Foundation City of Dayton Miami Valley Military Affairs Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis City of Fairborn Association Butler University City of Oakwood Miami Valley Regional Planning Center for Leadership Development Clothes that Work Commission Coalition for Homeless Intervention Community Foundation Of Sidney & Muse Machine Crossroads of America Council, Shelby Counties Music Warehouse Boy Scouts of America Cornerstone Center for the Arts National Aviation Hall of Fame Dress for Success Indianapolis County Corporation National Child Safety Council Eagle Creek Park Foundation Cox Arboretum Foundation Ohio Foundation of Independent Fund for Hoosier Excellence Culture Works Colleges Greater Indianapolis Progress Darke County Center for the Arts Ohio State University Foundation Committee Darke County Visitation House, Inc. Ohio University Foundation Holy Family Shelter Darke County YMCA Piqua Area Chamber Foundation Huntington’s Disease Association Daybreak Prevent Blindness Ohio Independent Colleges of Indiana Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce - Puerto Rican & Caribbean Foundation Education and Public Improvement Organization Indiana Arts Commission Foundation Rebuilding Together Dayton Indiana Chamber Foundation Dayton Art Institute Rehabilitation Center For Neurology Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute Dayton Ballet Development Indiana Grantmakers Alliance Dayton Children’s Medical Center Rotary Foundation Indiana Humanities Council Dayton Foundation Depository Salvation Army (Dayton) Indiana Legal Foundation Dayton Fund for Home Rehab Southern Christian Leadership Indianapolis Black Chamber of Dayton Holiday Festival Conference, Dayton Chapter Commerce Dayton International Festival Serenity Plus, Inc. Indianapolis Recorder Charities Dayton NAACP Shelby County United Way Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Dayton Opera Sidney-Shelby YMCA International Center of Indianapolis Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Sinclair College Foundation March of Dimes (Indianapolis) Dayton Society of Natural History Southwestern Ohio Hemophelia Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Dayton Urban League Foundation Broadcasting Downtown Greenville, Inc. Strides ‘N Stirrups National Low Income Energy Family Violence Prevention Center Tecumseh Council, Boy Scouts of Consortium Fisher/Nightingale House America Progeria Research Foundation Gateway Arts Council The Grandview Foundation Shepherd Community Center Girl Scouts of Buckeye Trails The Other Place The Lugar Series Good Samaritan Home, Inc. The Seedling Foundation United Negro College Fund Greene County Community Foundation Think TV United Way of Central Indiana Heidelberg College Tipp City Area United Way Hilliker YMCA Troy Main Street Holiday Aid Troy Strawberry Festival OHIO Hospice of Dayton Foundation Unified Health Solutions Human Race, Inc. United Rehabilitation Services Adventures for Wish Kids Junior Achievement of the Miami United Way of Clark & Champaign AIDS Resource Center Ohio Valley United Way of Clinton County American Cancer Society (Dayton) Juvenile Diabetes Research United Way of Greater Dayton American Heart Association Foundation, Ohio United Way of Henry County Annie Oakley Committee K12 Gallery for Young People United Way of Logan County Antioch University Kettering Holiday at Home United Way of Troy, Ohio Artemis Kettering Rotary Foundation University of Dayton Ataxia Telangiectasia Children’s Project Kettering-Oakwood-Moraine Chamber Victoria Theatre Association Bellefontaine High School Kids in Need Foundation Warren County United Way Bethany Center Kids Voting Ohio We Care Arts Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Lakeview Fireman’s Club Wegerzyn Gardens Foundation Miami Valley League of Women Voters Wellness Connection of the Dayton Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Links Foundation Region Shelby County Logan County Chamber Womanline Breast Cancer Foundation March of Dimes - Miami Valley Division Wright State University Brukner Nature Center Memorial United Church of Christ YMCA of Clinton County Cancer Prevention Institute Miami Valley Council, Boy Scouts of YMCA of Greater Dayton CASA/GAL of Miami County America YMCA of Xenia & Greene County

* This report details charitable contributions made by Vectren Corporation and the Vectren Foundation.

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