Kids Day Wins Award

The Energy Cooperative’s Kids Day event received national recognition this year, by winning a Spotlight on Excellence Award from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. This program recognizes outstanding work produced by a cooperative’s communication and marketing department when compared to cooperatives from across the country. Out of nearly 1,000 cooperatives in this network, our Kids Day at The Works event won a Gold Spotlight award in the best event category.

Kids Day was bigger than ever in 2019, as we expanded into the Canal Market district. Nearly 3,000 members, families and friends converged on The Works in downtown Newark for a fun filled day of bounce houses, hot dogs, ice cream, music and the opportunity to visit The Works at no charge.

It takes a village to plan and host this event. The Energy Cooperative Kids Day committee plans the event each year and includes employees from nearly every area of our cooperative. In addition to our Kids Day committee, the CEO and his leadership team, as well as several members of our Board of Directors spend nearly all day working the event. Employees also show up in big numbers to help. It takes 100+ volunteers (employees and their families) to host this large event for our members. Many employees arrive at the location at 8am and stay until everything is cleaned up by 6pm. It is a long day for our employees and staff, but such a memorable one for our members and their families. We are so proud of this award, and the event it represents.

Thank you to everyone involved in making The Energy Cooperative’s Kids Day at The Works a success! We look forward to hosting it again in the years to come.– Gary Baker, Director of Marketing and Public Relations