UGI Employees Ruck 5K Honors Veterans and Supports Military Families

From UGI Corporation

UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) employees marked Veterans Day with a 5K ruck march through Wyomissing and West Reading, carrying backpacks full of food for local military families. Organized by the company’s Veteran Employee Team (VET), the march started and finished at the office of UGI Energy Services, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, in Wyomissing. More than 60 employees participated.

In the military, a ruck march means covering distance on foot while carrying a loaded pack. Nearly every service member has done one, and the practice builds both endurance and trust. For many veterans, rucking has also become a way to honor those who served and those who didn’t come home.

“We are proud to ruck today in support of our employee and community veterans. UGI has a culture of giving back to our communities, and we have a strong veteran presence across our workforce. It’s important for us to honor those employees and everyone in our community who came before us,” said Dante D’Alessandro, executive sponsor of the UGI Veteran Employee Team.

UGI employees purchased event shirts, and all the proceeds — totaling $4,300 — will go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The foundation supports first responders, veterans, and their families.

Instead of carrying traditional weight, participants filled their packs with canned goods and other nonperishable food. At the finish line, everything they carried was donated to Keystone Military Families, a nonprofit that supports local service members and their families.

About UGI Corporation

UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) is a distributor and marketer of energy products and services in the U.S. and Europe. UGI offers safe, reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions to customers through its subsidiaries, which provide natural gas transmission and distribution, electric generation and distribution, midstream services, propane distribution, renewable natural gas generation, distribution and marketing, and energy marketing services.