Westar gave more than just a helping hand to many people in need today.

"When they came out and told me that they were going to a winterize my house, thank God, that's all I could say," Poindexter said.

When they left, I cried. I was so happy."

They came out to help winterize homes, but also did repair work for those who needed help.

Poindexter was one of the lucky recipients.

"It's a wonderful thing it don't look like a jungle now," she said.

She says she's so lucky to have people come out and help her since she can't do it herself.

"It just meant everything in my life. You know, I, 'cause I just don't have no peoples here, no peoples at all. All my peoples is gone," Poindexter said.

Volunteers caulked around windows, filling in the gaps where heat could leak out.

Cynthia McCarvel with Westar says it's the little things that can make a huge difference.

"If you do a good job, it can lower a bill by 20 percent, and that's big savings for people," McCarvel said.

And for people like Poindexter, who live on a limited income, surviving the winter is a hard time.

"My goodness, my gas bill itself is $390 a month," she said.

Another way Westar is helping customers is by giving them energy-saving light bulbs to help cut down on their electric bill.

Westar worked on seven homes today for those who are elderly or disabled. They've been weatherizing houses for those in need for 18 years.