text: Our recruiting team also initiated a strategic military recruitment 
  effort during the past two years to hire former military personnel to 
  work in a variety of leadership and crew positions. This effort earned 
  Chesapeake an honor from G.I. JOBS magazine when we were named a 
  2011 Top 100 Military-Friendly Employer. Chesapeake currently employs 
  37 men and women who formerly served as junior military officers and 
  more than 100 former servicemen and servicewomen who joined the 
  company through a program called Troops 2 Roughnecks. 
  
  In addition to our specific scholarship programs, one-time educational 
  donations and recruitment efforts, in 2010 we gave more than $1.8 million 
  to fund higher education for nearly 400 other students in 12 states through 
  our Chesapeake Scholars program. Chesapeake’s scholarships help recruit 
  the best and brightest students and provide educational opportunities in 
  communities where we operate. In Oklahoma City, more than 400 em- 
  ployees volunteer for up to an hour a week on company time at four local 
  public schools. Chesapeake’s program has grown to become the largest 
  corporate mentoring program in Oklahoma. 
  
  *Putting food on the table — Employees volunteer at the Regional Food Bank*
  *of Oklahoma as part of Operation Blue.*
  
  sponsorship of the annual Day of Caring at the Ganus Center of Harding 
  University in White County, Arkansas. During the event, approximately 
  1,200 uninsured or underinsured residents received a day of free medical, 
  dental and eye screenings. 