Giving back during the holidays is a tradition that extends beyond delivering safe, reliable energy. As the holidays approach, our employees are planning to warm homes and hearts through volunteering and outreach in communities throughout Arizona.

We’re organizing food drives, toy collections, holiday parades and volunteer events to help ensure families throughout the region can enjoy a brighter holiday season.

Here are some of the places where you’ll find us this holiday season:

Flagstaff

Our Flagstaff employees are spreading cheer with food, gifts and festive lights.

Throughout this month, our offices are holding a turkey drive to donate food.

Toward the holidays, employee volunteers are supporting the Shadows Foundation at its Shop with a Cop event to provide gifts for those in need, as well as the drive-through light display, called Candy Cane Lane.

Festive utility trucks and volunteers will traverse the route in the Holiday Parade of Lights, put on by the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, on Dec. 12.

Mohave County

In our Kingman and Lake Havasu offices, employees are joining forces for a pre-Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Yucca Community Food Pantry.

Before Thanksgiving dinner, Kingman volunteers will help staff the water station at the Kingman Police Association Turkey Trot on Nov. 26.

For the holidays, employees are providing local children with gifts. In Lake Havasu City, employees are holding a drive for Toys for Tots. In Kingman, volunteers will help at the Boys and Girls Club holiday shopping event.

To support our community, UniSource volunteers also plan to serve food at Our Lady of the Lake Soup Kitchen in November.

Nogales

UniSource is helping bring food, joy, and opportunities to local families through community partnerships.

Students at Lincoln Elementary School will participate in a friendly food drive competition that benefits seniors while learning the importance of giving back. UniSource collaborates with the Nogales Food Bank to weigh and pick up food before distributing it at the Santa Cruz County Senior Center.

UniSource supports the preparation and distribution of Thanksgiving food boxes for students and families in Nogales and Rio Rico. School liaisons identify recipients, and food boxes are distributed through a school raffle process that helps protect families’ privacy and dignity.

In late November, UniSource volunteers will help children pick out clothes and shoes during the Lions Club’s annual shopping day at JC Penney and Shoe Carnival. Participants also will be treated to a pancake breakfast and toys collected through a toy drive by the Nogales High School Cheerleaders.

Prescott

Employees will bring custom-made floats to ride in the Night Light Parade, put on by the Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce. On Dec. 5, volunteers will travel on floats along the route starting at the Findlay Toyota Center.

Show Low and Holbrook

To kick off the shopping season, volunteers plan to help at Santa’s Holiday Market on Show Low Main Street on Nov. 13 and 14. Later, employees plan to help with Holbrook’s Clothe-a-Child initiative in December.

We’re brightening the Show Low Shines Christmas Light Parade with an entry on the procession along Deuce of Clubs road. The parade starts at 6 p.m. on Dec. 5.

Verde Valley

Cottonwood employees are holding a Thanksgiving food drive at their office. Food will be donated to the Old Town Mission, a food pantry and resource organization that UniSource regularly supports throughout the year with volunteers and donations.

Learn more about UniSource’s community activities and upcoming events.