Helping Those in Need NiSource volunteers Amy Westfall and Duan Hobbs stock shelves at the Chesterfield Food Bank (Virginia), a longtime Columbia Gas partner in supporting human needs in the communities we serve. During 2017, Columbia Gas and the NiSource Charitable Foundation contributed a total of more than $70,000 to local food pantries and shelters across the commonwealth, along with hundreds of employee volunteer hours for local food distribution and community assistance programs. Across NiSource’s seven states, in 2017, we contributed more than $6 million to nonprofit organizations in our communities, including $1.3 million in giving by the NiSource Charitable Foundation.