The impact of Operation RoundUp
Since the year 2000, members of York Electric have worked together to make a big difference in our local communities. By simply donating a few cents each month towards the Operation Round Up Trust program, members collectively raise thousands of dollars for worthy community projects in York, Chester, Lancaster and Cherokee counties.
The average member participating in Operation Round Up contributes about 50 cents a month. Over the last 23 years, this “loose change” has allowed us to give back over $3.7 million to our neighbors in need.
The Operation Round Up Trust Board is made up of local members who serve as stewards of the funds raised by the membership. Each quarter, the Board meets to review the Trust’s financial standing and hear from non- profit agencies serving the needs of our community.
Over the last five years, the Board has voted to provide $1 million of assistance to our members and the greater community. Although the impact and reach of these organizations can’t fully be categorized, these general areas help define the invaluable difference they make in our community.
Local Operation Round Up recipients
The following organizations have received Operation Round Up funding over the last five years:
Member bill assistance
- Clover Area Assistance Center
- Fort Mill Care Center
- Project Hope
- Iron City Ministries
- P.A.T.H.
- Tender Hearts Ministries
Homelessness assistance
- Bethel Men’s Shelter
- Blessed to be a Blessing
- Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen
- Haven Men’s Shelter of York County
- Lifehouse Women’s Shelter
- Pathways
- Pilgrim’s Inn
- Renew Our Community (ROC)
- York Lions Club
Children and Education
- All Play Together
- Anne Springs Close Greenway Bridge Program
- Bright Ideas Grant Program
- Camp Canaan
- Children’s Attention Home
- Crooked Creek Farms
- EDGE of York County
- Early Learning Partnership
- Family Promise
- Fostering the Family
- RideAbility Therapeutic Riding Center
- YMCA Camp Cherokee
Medical and End of Life Care
- Adult Enrichment Center
- All Things Possible
- American Red Cross
- Collaborative Counseling Group
- Defend the Fatherless
- Hospice and Community Care
- Keystone Substance Abuse
- Mercy House
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- NothingPink
- Palmetto Community Health Care
- Palmetto Women’s Center
- Pouches of Love
- York County Cancer Association
Unique needs
- Hungry Heroes BBQ
- You Can Discover Change