Frequently Asked Questions

Colonial in the Community

Reinvesting in communities
Colonial Pipeline believes that when we reinvest in the communities we serve, we are creating a better place in which to work and to live.

Here are some recent examples of our community involvement:

• Donated rings and balls for animals to use as toys to Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, AL
• Sponsor T ball team, Jackson, LA
• Work with local fire departments providing additional supplies when needed in the communities Sponsor football team, Dacula, AL
• Donations to revitalize the emergency management center, Murfreesboro, TN
• Established a nature trail, Smyrna, GA
• Donated materials to create a duck habitat for the Delta Wildlife Group, Greenwood, MS

Local environmental programs
Colonial Pipeline established the Earth Year Fund in 1990 to emphasize that every day should be considered Earth Day. Each year funds are set aside on behalf of each employee for distribution to local environmental programs. No restrictions are placed on allocating expenditures in hopes that employees will identify effective and unique ways to direct the funds. Our Earth Year Fund has sponsored many organized events and made donations to environmental programs including:

• Environthon, an educational program in which teams of high school students try to solve problems in aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife and groundwater
• Donations to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
• Donations to Save Our Streams organizations

Good Neighbor Program
The Good Neighbor Program was launched in 1996. Through this program, 57 petroleum industry companies share ideas on ways to positively partner with communities near their facilities.

Colonial has been actively engaged in this program via the following projects:

• Purchasing equipment for the Christiana Volunteer Fire Department, Christiana, TN
• Renovating a fire house for Cheddar Volunteer Fire Department, Williamston, SC
• Adding two self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units to the Allen Parish Fire Department, Reeves, LA
• The Needy Families Fuel Oil Account, in cooperation with The Salvation Army, supplies home heating fuel to impoverished families in the Northeast.

School participation
Colonial Pipeline actively supports schools in the communities we serve. We are very enthusiastic about our involvement in all of the schools listed:

• Florence Elementary School (partner), Greensboro, NC
• Charles City/County Middle School (adopted), Charles City, VA
• Sanders Elementary School (partner), Austell, GA
• Calera Elementary School, Pelham, AL
• Cleveland Elementary School, Spartanburg, SC
• Lenoir City Elementary School, Lenoir City, TN
• Rena B. Wright Elementary School, Chesapeake, VA
• Mt. View Elementary School, Nashville, TN
• Curtis Bay Elementary School #207, Baltimore, MD
• La Vergne High School, La Vergne, TN
• Doyle High School, Knoxville, TN
• Old National Christian Academy, College Park, GA

Community sponsorship
Colonial Pipeline is committed to sponsoring organizations focused on consistent community improvement. Our community support spans our 5,500-mile system:

• Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepers, Atlanta, GA
• Adopt A Stream, Knoxville, TN
• Georgia Chamber of Commerce Environmental Conference, Atlanta, GA
• United Way (Corporate Leader Level), Systemwide
• National Council on Economic Education, New York, NY
• Public television sponsor, WTCI (Chattanooga, TN) and GPTV (Atlanta, GA)
• AmSouth Amphitheatre, Nashville, TN
• Nature Conservancy of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
• Girl Scouts Council, Systemwide
• Boy Scouts of America, Systemwide
• Chattahoochee Nature Center, Atlanta, GA
• Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
• Junior Achievement, Systemwide
• Oasis Center, Nashville, TN
• Cahaba River Society, Birmingham, AL
• NAACP Annual Banquet, Nashville, TN
• Barbers Hill Fall Festival, Houston, TX
• Eunice Nature Trail, Crawfish Mountain, LA
• North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy, Chattanooga, TN
• Various fire departments and emergency management centers, Systemwide

Employee involvement
Colonial employees take great pride in their community involvement and welcome the opportunity to help out whenever they can – whether through donations or direct participation. Some of our community service projects include:

• Participated in "Tennessee River Rescue," Chattanooga
• Participated in "Safety Day," Richmond, VA
• Participated in Junior Achievement, Pelham, AL
• Participated in Old Town Duck Race, a fund-raiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Helena, AL
• Sponsored and participated in Calera Elementary School's annual golf tournament, Pelham, AL
• Donated toys to Camp Discovery, Gainesboro, TN
• Built a tire park in Seneca State Park, MD
• Participated in "Wellness for Life," Spartanburg, SC
• Established bluebird corridors and trails along the pipeline right of way in South Carolina
• Participated in "Tennessee River Cleanup," Knoxville
• Relay for Life, Jackson, MS, and Atlanta, GA