Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program contributed $29,900 to 48 area organizations in July. Through the Operation Round Up® program, Stearns Electric Association gives its member-consumers the opportunity to give back to the community by rounding up their electric bill to the nearest dollar.
Since the program’s inception in 1993, Operation Round Up® (ORU) and Stearns Electric members have awarded over $2.6 million to 5,009 local non-profit organizations and community service programs. The rounded-up funds, no more than $11.88 per year, per member, are placed in a trust fund that is administered by the Stearns Electric Association Trust Board.
Trust Board Directors met Wednesday, July 14, to review applications and funding requests. Forty-eight organizations were selected to receive funds totaling between $200 to $2,000 in this round of contributions.
The following organizations (from our local viewing area) received funding in July 2021:
• Eden Valley Sportsmen Club
• Eden Valley-Watkins Community Education
• Kimball Days Committee
• Paramount Center for the Arts
• Ridgewater College – Willmar Campus
• ROCORI High School VEX Robotics Program
• St. Cloud Technical and Community College
• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church/Unity Cemetery Board
• Terebinth Refuge
• Wreaths For the Fallen
Visit stearnselectric.org for more information on the Stearns
Electric Operation Round Up® Program.
Stearns Electric Association is a member-owned electric cooperative. Since 1937, Stearns -Electric Association has provided electricity and related products and services to Central Minnesota. Today, Stearns Electric Association serves 27,000 members in six Central Minnesota counties including Stearns, Todd, Morrison, -Kandiyohi, Pope, and Douglas. For more information about Stearns Electric Association, please visit www.stearnselectric.org.