Share the love with YEC

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Cul­ti­vat­ing suc­cess and a bet­ter qual­i­ty of life reach­es beyond YEC’s mem­bers to the com­mu­ni­ties in our area. That means York Elec­tric is always look­ing out for you and your best inter­ests and seek­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to make your life bet­ter.

Improv­ing life often means lend­ing a help­ing hand. Since 2000, York Elec­tric has returned $3 mil­lion to our com­mu­ni­ties through our Oper­a­tion Round Up pro­gram. The cred­it goes to our ded­i­cat­ed mem­ber­ship: More than 70 per­cent of co-op mem­bers allow us to round their elec­tric bill up to the next whole dol­lar, donat­ing the spare change to our Oper­a­tion Round Up Trust. This vol­un­teer trust board helps local non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions that serve our mem­ber­ship. Its mem­bers review appli­ca­tions and, each quar­ter, award mon­ey to orga­ni­za­tions that qual­i­fy and meet the mis­sion of the trust.

Kim Trainer (left), and chief operating officer, Betsy Ruch
Fos­ter­ing the Fam­i­ly’s chief exec­u­tive offi­cer, Kim Train­er (left), and chief oper­at­ing offi­cer, Bet­sy Ruch, use Oper­a­tion Round Up funds to aid fam­i­lies want­i­ng to fos­ter chil­dren in the Car­oli­nas. Train­er says, “Com­mu­ni­ty pro­grams like Oper­a­tion Round Up enable us to strate­gi­cal­ly care for each fam­i­ly phys­i­cal­ly, emo­tion­al­ly and spir­i­tu­al­ly. Through sup­port­ing fam­i­lies in their call to fos­ter, Fos­ter­ing the Fam­i­ly helps ensure chil­dren are placed in lov­ing, well-equipped homes.”

As Chair­man Gary Far­ris says, “Serv­ing the mem­bers of the coop­er­a­tive has been an hon­or. I know we are mak­ing a dif­fer­ence to those who need it most.”

Oper­a­tion Round Up is the epit­o­me of what we can do if we work togeth­er. Who knew that a con­tri­bu­tion of less than $7 a year could turn into such a bless­ing for so many mem­bers in need?

You prob­a­bly know by now that com­pla­cen­cy is not an option here at YEC. Your co-op always wants to improve and do more. That’s why we estab­lished a new 501(c)(3) orga­ni­za­tion in 2019, The Bur­rell Foun­da­tion. Named for the late Mr. Dick Bur­rell, a for­mer York Elec­tric board mem­ber who was known for his gen­eros­i­ty and kind­ness, The Bur­rell Foun­da­tion can go beyond help­ing York Elec­tric mem­bers. It will allow us to bet­ter serve our com­mu­ni­ties in uni­ty.

Per­haps a child’s bike that was stolen needs to be replaced or a ramp needs to be built for an elder­ly mem­ber of the com­mu­ni­ty. Maybe a sin­gle mom needs help to get back on her feet. The Bur­rell Foun­da­tion will be able to help. The foun­da­tion was designed to bring those who can help togeth­er with those who need help. If you are inter­est­ed in par­tic­i­pat­ing in some of our ini­tial fundrais­ing activ­i­ties, which will begin this year, please call our office.

 

Kathy Grier with Dr. Donald Shuler
Kathy Gri­er, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the York Coun­ty Free Clin­ic, with the clin­ic’s vol­un­teer physi­cian and med­ical direc­tor, Dr. Don­ald Shuler. Gri­er says, “Our com­mu­ni­ty real­izes that many of our neigh­bors can­not afford health insur­ance and need health care. Thanks to pro­grams like Oper­a­tion Round Up, we can pro­vide our patients qual­i­ty, com­pas­sion­ate health care at no charge.”

 

Thank you for help­ing us share the love with those who need it most. We locals here at YEC have a pas­sion for serv­ing and, just like you, want to make our area the best it can be.

Paul Basha, CEO, York Electric Cooperative

Paul Basha

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer

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