Bradford White Donates Water Heaters to Families

Eight low-income families in Philadelphia are receiving new energy efficient water heaters, thanks to a generous donation from Bradford White Corp.

The donation in February’s Random Acts of Kindness Week stems from Bradford White’s charitable-giving initiative, Industry Forward.

Eight 40-gallon water heaters are being provided to families who contacted Philadelphia’s Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA) Heater Hotline. ECA is an Industry Forward partner with Bradford White.

Rich-Tomkins, a manufacturer’s representative for the company, helped coordinate the product delivery and ECA’s trained staff which helped identify families most in need, will be installing the water heaters.

ECA’s Heater Hotline team gets calls each week from low-income families who have no hot water because water heater replacement is not covered under other low-income programs. Calls often come from older homeowners or families who resort to using a stovetop range to heat water for bathing and household cleaning.

The Philadelphia Emergency Water Heater Fund, created by ECA in 2022, has already used its allotted funding for the year and Bradford White stepped in when the need was recognized.

Bradford White worked with ECA on several recent projects, including a $50,000 grant to help ECA launch a pilot internship program for young people and emerging workers to be trained on the installation and maintenance of heat pump water heaters.