Pennies from heaven

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Operation Round UpHave you ever heard the expres­sion “pen­nies from heav­en”? When we hear it at York Elec­tric, we think of Oper­a­tion Round Up, the com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice pro­gram in which you round up your month­ly bill to the near­est dol­lar. The extra change goes into a trust fund that is dis­trib­uted to non­prof­it char­i­ties through­out our ser­vice ter­ri­to­ry.

It’s a good deed that 58 per­cent of our mem­ber­ship does, and that lev­el of gen­eros­i­ty inspires us at York Elec­tric. On aver­age, your dona­tion is only $6 per year—less than two pen­nies a month, and the mon­ey raised stays right here at home and it helps your friends and neigh­bors with needs, such as util­i­ties, food and shel­ter.

When your coop­er­a­tive decid­ed to begin Oper­a­tion Round Up, back in 2000, we knew that it would have an impact on our com­mu­ni­ty. We had seen it hap­pen at oth­er coop­er­a­tives and the com­mu­ni­ties they serve. We took a trip to Pal­met­to Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive to learn from the co-op that start­ed it 27 years ago. It was obvi­ous, from speak­ing with them, all the good that could come from Oper­a­tion Round Up.

Once the York Elec­tric Trust, the sub­sidiary of the coop­er­a­tive that dis­trib­utes the Oper­a­tion Round Up pro­gram’s funds, began dis­trib­ut­ing the mon­ey you so gen­er­ous­ly donat­ed, it imme­di­ate­ly began to pos­i­tive­ly impact the lives of those who are less for­tu­nate through­out our ser­vice area. Six­teen years lat­er, we have no doubt that small change changes lives! To date, more than $2.2 mil­lion has been giv­en back to our com­mu­ni­ty for those in need.

With that being said, we’d like to invite all those mem­bers who are not yet par­tic­i­pat­ing to re-eval­u­ate the pro­gram at the begin­ning of this New Year. It’s a small invest­ment with a big return, and your con­tri­bu­tion is 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.

All of us at York Elec­tric want to say thank you to our mem­bers who are par­tic­i­pat­ing in this col­lec­tive good deed. It’s grat­i­tude you deserve!

People you know serve

The trust board has nine mem­bers; each cho­sen by a mem­ber of the coop­er­a­tive’s elect­ed board of trustees to rep­re­sent their dis­trict. They serve on a vol­un­tary basis, and they have big hearts and work dili­gent­ly to make sure your con­tri­bu­tions are dis­trib­uted to wor­thy char­i­ties. The trust board keeps mem­bers informed through your coop­er­a­tive’s web­site, yorkelectric.net, where the quar­ter­ly dis­po­si­tion state­ment is post­ed and updat­ed direct­ly after each meet­ing.

YEC Operation Round Up Trust Board
You most like­ly know some of the trust board mem­bers, who serve on a vol­un­tary basis. They include (front row, left to right) Frances Bud­din of Rock Hill, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 2; Joyce Quinn of Fort Mill, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 1; Anne Gil­fil­lan of Hick­o­ry Grove, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 8; Ani­ta Shaw of Sharon, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 9; (back row, left to right) Bill White­sides of York, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 5; Lin­da Aber­nathy of Clover, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 6; Dale Pos­ton of Rock Hill, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 4; Calvin Bum­gar­ner of Hick­o­ry Grove, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 7; and Raquel Ander­son (not pic­tured) from Rock Hill, rep­re­sent­ing Dis­trict 3. Pho­to: Joyce Bak­er

 

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Operation Round Up FAQ

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What do I do if I need help?

Con­tact local Help agen­cies. Down­load the Agency Help list PDF here

Cat­e­go­ry: Oper­a­tion Round Up FAQ
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Are my contributions tax deductible?

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.

Cat­e­go­ry: Oper­a­tion Round Up FAQ
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Exactly what is this Operation Round Up and more importantly will I recoup the amount that was rounded up?

Oper­a­tion Round Up is a vol­un­tary con­tri­bu­tion on your elec­tric bill which adds a few pen­nies each month. The most you could ever donate in a year would be $12, but most mem­bers’ dona­tions are around $6 per year. These pen­nies are added togeth­er from all our par­tic­i­pat­ing mem­bers, and York Elec­tric’s Trust Board makes grants to non-prof­it agen­cies who are serv­ing needs in our com­mu­ni­ty. Since 2000, York Elec­tric’s mem­bers have raised approx­i­mate­ly $2.3 mil­lion, and we now have 62% mem­ber par­tic­i­pa­tion.

Cat­e­go­ry: Oper­a­tion Round Up FAQ
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How can I help?

We make it easy. Sign up by call­ing our mem­ber ser­vices depart­ment at 803–684‑4248, and we’ll sim­ply round your elec­tric bill up to the next high­est dol­lar each month. The extra change — an aver­age of only 50 cents a month or $6 a year — is your con­tri­bu­tion to the pro­gram. If you wish to dis­con­tin­ue your con­tri­bu­tions at any time, sim­ply con­tact YEC.

Cat­e­go­ry: Oper­a­tion Round Up FAQ
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How do I find out to whom the funds were distributed?

After each quar­ter­ly meet­ing, our web­site is updat­ed with the cur­rent dis­po­si­tion state­ment. Also, we peri­od­i­cal­ly pub­lish updates about Oper­a­tion Round Up in South Car­oli­na Liv­ing mag­a­zine.

Cat­e­go­ry: Oper­a­tion Round Up FAQ
Relat­ed Top­ics:
Oper­a­tion Round Up 
Dis­po­si­tion State­ment 

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