Employee Involvement

We are proud of our employees who spend countless hours providing leadership and volunteer services to nonprofit organizations in our communities. Likewise, many of our retirees find themselves putting more energy than ever into their favorite causes, applying lifetimes of experience to serve their communities.

Employee Involvement at Xcel Energy can take many forms:  participation in company sponsored programs such as Earth Day, Meals on Wheels or Habitat for Humanity; rallying coworkers in our annual United Way campaign; becoming involved in one of our school partnerships; joining with fellow employees to organize a food drive; or using our volunteer opportunities search engine powered by VolunteerMatch to search for an after work volunteer activity. Through our Matching Gifts programs, Xcel Energy Foundation recognizes these efforts.

Xcel Energy Foundation matches employee and retiree gifts to nonprofit organizations and institutes of higher education, dollar-for-dollar. Employee volunteer hours earn a $5 per hour match and teams of volunteers are rewarded by a $500 gift to the nonprofit, in recognition of their leadership.

In 2008, Xcel Energy Foundation contributed $530,000 to our communities through our matching gifts programs.

Members of Energy Supply's Women's Issues Link (WIL) from Sherco Generating Station, Becker, Minn., offered support to DIVA Tech at St. Cloud Technical College. Diva Tech is a one-day workshop that introduces sixth-grade girls to non-traditional careers--professions in which women make up 25 percent or fewer of total employment numbers

Xcel Energy employee working with students on a science experiment.