The Ameren Cancer Society, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Crittenton Center Crisis Nursery and Good Samaritan Inn are each receiving $1,000 from an Ameren Illinois Customer Service Center. It all started as friendly competition.

Ameren Illinois’ Customer Service Centers in Pawnee, Peoria and Decatur created an eVolvement Team initiative to encourage their employees to remind customers about eBill, Ameren Illinois' electronic billing program. The center or team with the highest sign-ups selected a charity for a company donation of $1,000.

More about the teams and charities:

Pawnee Customer Service Center Team The American Cancer Society Supervisor Becky Miller and her team chose this charity because of their work to eliminate cancer as a major health problem through research, education advocacy and service.
Peoria Customer Service Center Team Crittenton Center, Crisis Nursery Supervisor Crystal Quick and her team chose this charity for their free 24-hour childcare facility for Peoria, Woodford and Tazewell County families in crisis situations.
Decatur Customer Service Center Team Good Samaritan Inn Supervisor Don Burke and his team chose this charity because of their work to maintain a community program to serve nutritious meals to nearly 300 disadvantaged people every day.    Court Appointed Special Advocates An additional $1,000 was raised through a special eBill enrollment promotion by Decatur representatives to assist this charity with providing court-appointed volunteers for abused and neglected children in Macon County.