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Community Awards

1997 — Bob Fenech, senior vice president of nuclear, fossil and hydro operations, receives the 1996 Community Leader of the Year Award at the Bobby Walker Ministries’ Community Leadership Awards banquet.

1999 — The National Safety Council recognizes employees with the Industry Leader award, presented to facilities with safety performance in the top 5 percent of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s utility group.

2000 — The National Safety Council recognizes employees for completing the previous year with no lost-time injuries.

2001 — The American Red Cross donor services division presents employees with a special award recognizing the plant’s consistent participation in local blood drive campaigns. Over the past five years, Palisades employees have donated 120 gallons of blood during the Red Cross Blood drives on site.

2005 — GE Betz company recognizes Palisades with its “Return on Environment” award for implementing a new vent pipe cleaning process.

Community Support:

Besides participating in an annual United Way fundraising campaign, employees and retirees are active in many organizations in the communities where they live and work.

In 2005, employees helped build a Habitat for Humanity house in one week during the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Benton Harbor, Mich.

Palisades workers rally to support new food bank

June 1, 2006
Palisades employees and contractors recently rallied to support a newly formed food bank in the plant’s host community of Covert, Mich., even as they were in the midst of a refueling and maintenance outage. Palisades reached 100 percent power last Friday (May 26) following completion of the outage earlier in May.

Covert officials appealed to area businesses and organizations for assistance to the new food bank in late April, seeking non-perishable food items, laundry products and personal hygiene articles for individuals and families in need. From April 26 to May 4, Palisades employees and contractors on site for the outage brought hundreds of items for the food shelf to the plant.

The donations were enough to fill the bed and cab of a pickup truck driven by Covert Township Clerk Dennis Palgen, who said he was overwhelmed and “extremely grateful for the outpouring of kindness” from Palisades workers.

Plant management thanked all those who contributed to the food shelf, noting that their generosity displayed the leadership attribute of Site Excellence, which calls for "earning the respect of employees, peers, the community, shareholders and the industry."