The Burrell Foundation’s legacy of service

Dick Bur­rell was a val­ued mem­ber in our com­mu­ni­ty and served on the York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive Board for more than a decade. After his pass­ing, and to car­ry on his kind­ness and gen­eros­i­ty, YEC named its 501c3 non­prof­it after him to hon­or his lega­cy. Like Bur­rell, The Bur­rell Foundation’s mis­sion is to make life eas­i­er when hard­ships hap­pen.

You don’t know if or when you and your fam­i­ly will encounter an event in life that is hard to over­come. Hard­ships look dif­fer­ent for every­one. Assis­tance could mean receiv­ing help get­ting through a house fire, sup­port­ing a fam­i­ly in need while loved ones are in the hos­pi­tal, repair­ing a roof for a dis­abled vet­er­an, secur­ing shel­ter for the most vul­ner­a­ble in our com­mu­ni­ty, pro­vid­ing the gift of Christ­mas to chil­dren who San­ta may not reach or help­ing a fam­i­ly with trans­porta­tion for those in need of extra care.

No mat­ter the need, The Bur­rell Foun­da­tion is there to help fill the void and make a dif­fer­ence. In our research, many of the needs we heard about with­in the com­mu­ni­ty were either sin­gu­lar or did not align with the mis­sions of the diverse group of non­prof­its in our area. Cre­at­ing an oppor­tu­ni­ty to sup­port this unfilled space with­in our com­mu­ni­ty not only con­tin­ues your co-op’s mis­sion and ded­i­ca­tion to improve the qual­i­ty of life in our area, but it also makes our area more resilient.

Unlike our Oper­a­tion Round Up, which is fund­ed by the gen­eros­i­ty of our mem­bers, The Bur­rell Foundation’s mon­ey comes from those in the com­mu­ni­ty who wish to lend a hand to those in need. If you would like to con­tribute or learn more about our mis­sion, please vis­it us online at yorkelectric.net/tbf.