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.

Little Rock Air Force Base First Sergeants Council received $1,500.

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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