Operation Round Up® is a charitable fundraising program that lets you donate the spare change on your energy bill to help those in need throughout your community. With an average donation of only $6.00 per year, and never more than 99 cents a month, you can make a small investment that pays big dividends in your community. Operation Round Up is families working together to improve their collective quality of life.
Operation Round Up is a program that some 230 co-ops across the country have instituted with a great deal of success and wide acceptance from their membership. We hope to provide that same positive affect on our community with the participation of our members.
When members participate in the program, we “round up” their energy bill to the next dollar. The difference goes into a special fund administered by the Marshall County Community Foundation and distributed by an independent board of directors. The directors will send the money right back into the community, to the places that need it most.
Although every member’s donation will be less than $1.00 per month, we can work together to build this fund for everyone’s benefit. If 5,000 members participate with an average donation of just $6.00 per year, that’s $30,000 we can put to work in our community.
If you would not like to participate in Operation Round Up®, please call the Marshall County REMC office or send an email to Communications Specialist, Emily Howard at ehoward@marshallremc.com.
The Operation Round Up® funds will be distributed by a board of directors elected by the REMC Board of Directors. The Operation Round Up® Board of Directors will meet quarterly to review the grant applications and select which grants will be funded.
Interested parties must complete and submit a grant application form to the Marshall County REMC office or fill out the form below. Grant applications will be reviewed at their scheduled quarterly meetings. For more information on grant requests contact Communications Specialist, Emily Howard at ehoward@marshallremc.com or call the office at 574-936-3161.
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