"Chesapeake Energy kicked off this summer’s Operation Blue with three great community service events throughout their operating area.  Operation Blue is an annual campaign in which Chesapeake employees volunteer for four hours of company time. The project started back in 2009 as part of the company’s H.E.L.P. (Helping Organize Local Progress) Initiative to commemorate the company’s 20th anniversary. In just five weeks, employees were challenged to perform 20,000 service hours. The challenge was completed with more than 26,000 hours.

Last year, Chesapeake employees volunteered more than 38,000 hours to serve 477 nonprofit organizations around the country.  This summer, Ohio’s Chesapeake team is stepping up and volunteering for a wide range of community projects.  First, 17 employees from Chesapeake affiliate Performance Technologies cleaned up roads near Louisville as a part of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program.  The project will continue as a two-year program in which Performance Technologies’ employees will clean a 1.5 mile stretch of road, four times per year.

Next up, Energy In Depth was on site while Chesapeake employees helped build three homes in Carrollton as part of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Stark & Carroll Counties. Volunteers installed siding and drywall, painted, and landscaped around the three homes.

We were able to talk to two employees about their experience with Operation Blue:"

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