We made lemonade: YEC evolves despite pandemic

Com­mu­ni­ty involve­ment is not just some­thing we are sup­posed to do at York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive. Work­ing to make a dif­fer­ence and improve the qual­i­ty of life for our mem­bers and oth­ers liv­ing in York, Chester, Chero­kee and Lan­cast­er coun­ties is some­thing we are pas­sion­ate about.

Last year gave us a bas­ket of lemons. The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic changed rou­tines around the world. Our goal was to use this oppor­tu­ni­ty to make things bet­ter, more effi­cient and more acces­si­ble. We increased com­mu­ni­ca­tions with mem­bers through our pod­cast “Co-op Talk” and by offer­ing online chat. We increased aware­ness about exist­ing online ser­vices and bill pay­ment options and we’re now offer­ing Check­Out by Pay­Go, allow­ing you to pay your bill con­ve­nient­ly while you shop.

While con­duct­ing busi­ness evolves and adapts in response to our macro­econ­o­my, our com­mit­ment to you—our members—has nev­er swayed. We still found a way to con­nect young stu­dents to law­mak­ers and lead­ers through our Vir­tu­al Youth Expe­ri­ence since it was­n’t safe to take them on trips to Wash­ing­ton, D.C. and Colum­bia, and we pro­vid­ed $17,000 in schol­ar­ships to stu­dents attend­ing col­lege this year. We host­ed our first-ever dri­ve-thru annu­al meet­ing and we have con­tin­ued to grow our phil­an­thropic efforts through Oper­a­tion Round Up and The Bur­rell Foun­da­tion to help those in need. We also start­ed our first annu­al Hot Dogs for Heroes lunch, feed­ing area first respon­ders with the help of Hun­gry Heroes, a local non­prof­it.

In the end, with inno­va­tion and help from each oth­er, we made lemon­ade. Thanks for allow­ing us the priv­i­lege to look out for you.

Sin­cere­ly,

 

 

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer