Soccer players stay safe with employees’ help
Soccer is demanding enough without having to chase balls into a marshy field crawling with poison ivy.
But a generous, community-minded PPL Electric Utilities crew this week helped set up a net to catch soccer balls from skidding into the fallow field and improve the safety of the kids who play at the Muncy American Youth Soccer Organization’s field near Montoursville.
The Susquehanna region crew – Electricians Jeremy Eckard and Scott Moyer, Lineman Cody Thomas and Foreman Adam Rearick – set a couple poles to hold a large net to catch soccer balls.
“Scott’s daughter plays here, and we know a lot of other kids who play soccer on this field,” Rearick said. “It was no fun for them to hunt around for lost balls in that field behind the goal. We decided it was time to do something to make the field safer for the kids.”
This is a living definition of a win-win. Who doesn’t benefit from this wonderful initiative? The soccer players benefit, the community benefits, and there’s good will for the crew and the company. Many thanks to the workers who thought to put up the poles–and did it.
Thank you so much! We’re really proud of our crews who help out the community.