Boilermakers on scrubber project donate food, money to local charities

Local 744 spearheads fund-raiser at AEP in Conesville, Ohio

BOILERMAKERS WORKING for Sterling Boiler and Mechanical at AEP in Conesville, Ohio, collected money and sponsored a food drive for local charities while working at the Coshocton County power plant this past fall.

About 70 Boilermakers working on the scrubber upgrade project challenged other trades workers and companies in Coshocton County to raise money and canned goods for families in need.

Cleveland Local 744 steward Jesse Stahlman headed up the fund-raiser. He was assisted by Boilermaker general foreman Jim Festi (also L-744), Laborers union foreman Cheryl Allman, and project manager Terry Esparza, a member of L-374 (Hammond Ind.).

About 170 Boilermakers worked the scrubber project, representing Locals 744, 374, 105 (Chillicothe, Ohio), and 667 (Charleston, W.Va.). The members labored over one million man-hours with no accidents, raised money for adopt-a-family fund-raisers that provided local families with food and toys for the holidays, and took truck loads of canned goods to the Salvation Army.