Air Conditioner Give Away			July 2, 2008
Lori Hoelscher, center, customer service advisor, AmerenUE Central Ozarks Division, presents 25 window unit air conditioners and energy conservation kits to Marylyn DeFeo, volunteer executive director of the Samaritan Center in Jefferson City, as Jerod Morris (in hard hat), temporary summer help, prepares to help unload the units at the Samaritan Center storeroom. The high-efficiency Energy Star®-listed units were provided under AmerenUE’s annual Be Cool program to help eligible low income and low income elderly customers stay cool this summer.
KRCG-TV reporter Kermit Miller interviews Helen Stevens of Jamestown, Mo., the first Samaritan Center client to receive one of the new air conditioners donated by AmerenUE.
From left, volunteers Tim Dorn, Bob Peniston, Pantry Program Director Jan Hooker and AmerenUE Customer Service Advisor Julie Feast take a break in unloading 35 Energy Star®-rated window-unit air conditioners for distribution to clients of Sts. Joachim & Ann Care Services of St. Charles. Through UE’s Be Cool program and other partnerships this summer, the company is distributing 400 air conditioners free of charge to low-income and low-income elderly customers in Missouri.