Suburban Propane partners with Children’s Beach House to provide gardening and touch-a-truck experiences for children with special needs

Volunteers from the local Suburban Propane Customer Service Center joined staff and students from the Children’s Beach House Preschool to provide a hands-on gardening experience; including seasonal flowers, fruits and vegetables and a pickup truck experience with a Suburban Propane vehicle. The collaboration with Children’s Beach House is part of Suburban Propane’s SuburbanCares corporate initiative, which is dedicated to supporting community efforts across the company’s footprint by United States.

“We are very grateful to Suburban Propane,” said Richard Garrett, Executive Director of Children’s Beach House. “Outdoor education is at the heart of our Children’s Development Center program and children love tending to the gardens they plant. Thanks to Suburban Propane and its employees, our children will have the opportunity to exercise their fine and gross motor skills, learn important science lessons, understand where our food comes from and better understand the central role it should play in protecting the environment.”

“There is nothing more rewarding than getting out into our local communities to make a difference,” said Nandini Sankara, Spokesperson, Suburban Propane. “We are so grateful to have the opportunity to support such a wonderful organization like Children’s Beach House and help advance their critically important mission of supporting children with special needs. We are thrilled to provide a fun-filled day and educational to their preschoolers, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to their teachers and staff, and to our local volunteers.”

Over the past two years, SuburbanCares has undertaken charitable endeavors to help children in many underserved communities, including San Diego, California; Albany, NY; Dayton, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Santa Rosa, California; Colombia and Charleston, South Carolina; and New Brunswick, NJ. SuburbanCares has also provided meals to healthcare professionals in some of the hardest-hit COVID-19 areas of the country, including Florida, California, Texas, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and washington d.c.

About Suburban Propane:
Suburban Propane Partners, LP is a master limited partnership listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SPH. Based at Whippany, New Jersey, Suburban has been in the customer service business since 1928 and is a national distributor of propane, renewable propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a natural gas and electric distributor and investor in low-carbon alternative fuels. The partnership serves the energy needs of approximately 1 million residential, commercial, government, industrial and agricultural customers across approximately 700 locations in 42 states. The partnership is underpinned by three main pillars: (1) Suburban Commitment – showcasing the partnership’s 90+ year heritage and continued commitment to the highest standards of reliability, flexibility and dependability that emphasizes the partnership’s commitment to customer service excellence; (2) SuburbanCares – highlighting the Partnership’s ongoing commitment to giving back to local communities through the Partnership’s national footprint and (3) Go green with Suburban Propane – promoting the clean burning and versatile nature of propane and renewable propane as a bridge to a green energy future and developing the next generation of renewable energy.

For more information on Suburban Propane, please visit www.suburbanpropane.com.

About the children’s beach house:
Founded in 1937, Children’s Beach House provides year-round support, weekend enrichment activities, and summer camp programs for children with communication disabilities and children from disadvantaged families. The organization’s Margaret H. Rollins Child Development Center cares for typically developing preschoolers and those with speech and language delays, hearing impairments, and mild orthopedic issues .

For more information about Children’s Beach House, please visit: www.cbhinc.org

SOURCE Suburban Propane Partners, LP