Round Up & Reach Out

As a mem­ber of York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive, you are a part of a com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice pro­gram that helps raise thou­sands of dol­lars each year for wor­thy com­mu­ni­ty projects right here at home.

That’s right. By round­ing up elec­tric bills to the next high­est dol­lar York Elec­tric con­tributes mon­ey to local char­i­ties and the char­i­ties in turn pro­vide assis­tance to indi­vid­u­als who are in need. The aver­age mem­ber par­tic­i­pat­ing in Oper­a­tion Round Up con­tributes about 50 cents a month. Since the pro­gram began in 2000, over $1.8 mil­lion has been donat­ed.

Who Distributes the Funds?

The pro­gram is admin­is­tered by the Oper­a­tion Round Up Trust Board, an inde­pen­dent board of com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers that assess­es the needs for grant­i­ng Oper­a­tion Round Up funds. Local non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions are assist­ed so they are able to pro­vide food, shel­ter, cloth­ing, health care, etc. to indi­vid­u­als who are in need. Polit­i­cal issues and cam­paigns do not receive funds.

A Heap of Heartfelt Gratitude

Tere­sa Creech, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor
Ear­ly Learn­ing Part­ner­ship of York Coun­ty

“On behalf of the Board of Direc­tors of the Ear­ly Learn­ing Part­ner­ship of York Coun­ty, we would like to thank you for your gen­er­ous dona­tion of $9,300 for the Free Med­ical Clin­ics for Unin­sured Chil­dren. Your sup­port acts as a sig­nif­i­cant cat­a­lyst to help build health­i­er, suc­cess­ful com­mu­ni­ties for our chil­dren and fam­i­lies.”

Eileen F. Mis­ek, Pres­i­dent
Fort Mill Care Cen­ter

“Thank you all so much for review­ing our grant appli­ca­tion so VERY favor­ably! The $10,000 will be used to fund util­i­ty bills for our clients. You are assist­ing the Cen­ter to con­tin­ue its mis­sion of pro­vid­ing short-term emer­gency assis­tance to those in the Fort Mill Town­ship. Thanks also to all of you at York Elec­tric for per­form­ing your mis­sion of “enlight­en­ing” us here in Fort Mill.”

Ainslee Moss, Pres­i­dent
Ten­der Hearts Min­istries

“Thank you so much for the gen­er­ous dona­tion of $10,000. Your dona­tion will help many indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies through our com­mu­ni­ty out­reach and shel­ter pro­grams. Thank you for keep­ing a ten­der heart toward those in need and help­ing us help oth­ers. York Elec­tric and the Oper­a­tion Round Up pro­gram is a bless­ing to us!”

Charles Grobusky, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor
Upper Pal­met­to YMCA

“Giv­ing those who are less for­tu­nate an oppor­tu­ni­ty to par­tic­i­pate in camp is a gift they will appre­ci­ate for­ev­er. Your gen­er­ous dona­tion of $10,000 is a tremen­dous sup­port to our A+ Camper Pro­gram. The pro­gram is a vehi­cle that pro­vides low income and deserv­ing stu­dents a Camp Chero­kee expe­ri­ence. We are thank­ful for York Elec­tric’s com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice pro­gram and to their mem­bers who make it pos­si­ble.”

Deb­bie Wieland, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor
York Coun­ty Chris­t­ian Wom­en’s Job Corp

“Thank you for your sup­port in our fight against pover­ty through­out York Coun­ty. Your gen­er­ous dona­tion of $10,000 will help us con­tin­ue the Sev­en Steps toward Self-Suf­fi­cien­cy Pro­gram, which guides women in need down the path of becom­ing self-suf­fi­cient. Thank you for part­ner­ing with us to pro­vide hope to women and chil­dren in pover­ty, help­ing each woman improve her employ­a­bil­i­ty, and while also improv­ing her chil­dren’s chances for a bet­ter future. York Elec­tric’s com­mit­ment to com­mu­ni­ty is mak­ing a pos­i­tive dif­fer­ence in the lives of many.”

Con­tri­bu­tions to Oper­a­tion Round Up are tax deductible. In Jan­u­ary and Feb­ru­ary, your util­i­ty bill will have a sum­ma­ry of the con­tri­bu­tions you made to Oper­a­tion Round Up dur­ing the pre­vi­ous year. YEC will also use every avail­able means, includ­ing South Car­oli­na Liv­ing, to keep you informed about how and when funds are dis­trib­uted. Learn more about Oper­a­tion Round Up 

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