Loose change leads to big change

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