Women in Touch Receives Donation from Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Photo L to R: Becky Pearson, AMH Foundation Director; Darlene Clampett, Mammography Tech,  Ashe Memorial Hospital;  Melissa Conkle, Director of Oncology, Ashe Memorial Hospital;  Scottie Barnes, Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels; Brian Yates, CEO,  Ashe Memorial Hospital; Aaron Glenn, Chief Nursing Officer,  Ashe Memorial Hospital

For Immediate Release

Contact: Renee R. Walker, Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Energy, mobile: (828)-757-6771 or rw*****@*************gy.com

West Jefferson, North Carolina (November 21, 2025) – In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels presented a check for $3,297 to Women In Touch.

Giving back to help a cause that’s close to the hearts of customers and employees is what “Fueling the Fight” and its signature pink propane delivery tuck is all about for Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels, the propane subsidiary of Blue Ridge Energy.

The donation represents a penny for every gallon of propane delivered during the past twelve months by the company’s pink “Fueling the Fight” propane delivery trucks. Funds raised through the program are totaled annually in October in commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Donations are then presented to local organizations in communities served by the propane provider that provide beneficial services and support to those fighting breast cancer.  

“This is the 13th year we’ve had our pink truck “Fueling the Fight” program,” said Glenda Christian, Chief Operating Officer of Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels. “Since this program began in 2013, over $165,000 has been donated to local breast cancer related organizations. The fight against breast cancer touches so many lives and we are honored to do our part in helping win the fight,” she said.

Blue Ridge Energy Propane and Fuels is a subsidiary of Blue Ridge Energy, a member-owned electric cooperative serving some 80,000 members across Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties. The subsidiary serves customers across the foothills and mountains of North Carolina in addition to parts of southwest Virginia. Showrooms are located in each of the cooperative’s district offices and in Morganton, NC, featuring indoor and outdoor hearth and home appliances and products.  Learn more at www.BlueRidgeEnergy.com.

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