13 Jan 2013 Nonprofits receive $11,300 through Operation Round-Up
Twelve nonprofit organizations received donations through First Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round-Up program in December.
Community members on the Operation Round-Up Board of Trustees approved $11,300 in donations:
- In Cleburne County, Cleburne County Cares received $1,000.
- In Faulkner County, Community Action Program for Central Arkansas received $1,000.
- In Grant County, Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Grant County received $1,000.
- In Lonoke County, Cabot Christmas Alliance and Ward Public Library each received $1,000.
- In Perry County, Partners For Progress received $1,000, and Perry County Fair Association received $400.
- In Prairie County, Prairie County Single Parent Scholarship Fund received $1,000.
- In Pulaski County, Little Rock Air Force Base First Sergeants Council received $1,500, Fishnet Missions of Jacksonville received $1,000 and Reed’s Bridge Battlefield Preservation Society received $400.
- In Yell County, Yell County Single Parent Scholarship Fund received $1,000.
The program is possible thanks to the generosity of First Electric members who enrolled in Operation Round-Up and agree to have their electric bill rounded up to the next even dollar amount each month. That money – more than $584,800 since 1998 – funds nonprofit donations and student scholarships. To sign up, visit firstelectric.coop or call 800.489.7405.
First Electric serves more than 88,000 member accounts throughout 17 counties in Central and Southeast Arkansas. The cooperative maintains full-service offices in Jacksonville, Benton, Heber Springs, Perryville and Stuttgart.
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