Small change, good deeds

Operation Round Up brings out the best in YEC members

We appre­ci­ate all of York Elec­tric’s members—and espe­cial­ly those who con­tribute to Oper­a­tion Round Up. Thanks to these fine folks, who agree to have their co-op bill round­ed up to the next dol­lar, a lot of good things hap­pen in our com­mu­ni­ty.

We’ve helped co-op mem­bers who sud­den­ly found them­selves with­out a job and about to lose their homes. We’ve also been able to help mem­bers who are suf­fer­ing with ter­mi­nal med­ical con­di­tions, sup­port­ed local food banks, and pro­vid­ed shel­ter for the home­less and emer­gency aid to many local fam­i­lies.

Mind you, such pay­ments are not paid direct­ly to the aid recip­i­ent. A vol­un­teer trust board admin­is­ters the col­lect­ed Oper­a­tion Round Up funds. Rest assured, the trust board is very cau­tious about how they spend mem­ber dona­tions.

Mem­bers who sup­port Oper­a­tion Round Up have donat­ed more than $1.6 mil­lion since 2000. Last year, approx­i­mate­ly $120,000 was col­lect­ed and grant­ed to those in need as well as to worth­while non-prof­it local char­i­ties. But just think about how much local relief could be award­ed if all of the co-op’s mem­bers round up their bills. About, $240,000, that’s how much!

Pennies apiece

Best of all, the cost of doing this very good deed is very small indeed: Mem­bers who par­tic­i­pate in Oper­a­tion Round Up donate an aver­age of just $6 each per year. The least it costs a month is a pen­ny; the most is 99 cents. With Oper­a­tion Round Up, your small change can make a big dif­fer­ence!

What’s more, Oper­a­tion Round Up is an easy way for all co-op mem­bers to join us in demon­strat­ing a key Coop­er­a­tive Prin­ci­ple, Con­cern for Com­mu­ni­ty. Help­ing one anoth­er brings out the best in us, don’t you think?

If you’re one of our par­tic­i­pat­ing mem­bers, bless you. If not, call (803) 684‑4248 today to sign up for Oper­a­tion Round Up. Thank you!

Brown Simp­son Jr.
Oper­a­tion Round Up Board Chair­man
Relat­ed Top­ics:
Oper­a­tion Round Up 
Dis­po­si­tion State­ment