Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative donates $26,000 to a dozen Valley organizations in this round of giving; final grant deadline for 2024 is Oct. 1
~ Press release issued by Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative
ROCKINGHAM, June 10 — Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round Up Committee has awarded $26,000 in grants to a dozen Valley organizations, supporting causes that feed the area’s hungry, expand access to the arts, clothe infants, and more.
Operation Round Up works through the generosity of co-op members, who voluntarily round up their monthly bills for charitable causes. The committee, composed of co-op members, reviews grant applications from organizations three times a year.
Since the first Operation Round Up grants were awarded in 2018, SVEC and its members have contributed nearly $300,000 to area organizations.
The final grant deadline for 2024 will be Tuesday, Oct. 1. Applications and information on how to round up your bill are available at svec.coop/ORU.
The June grant recipients, as decided by a committee of co-op members, are:
Augusta County
• Dutch Hollow Cemetery — to gravel the entrance to the 225-year-old cemetery property, which is on the Virginia Landmarks Register.
• Verona Community Center — to assist with expenditures related to increased use of its services, such as free private showers and laundry equipment.
Frederick County/Winchester
• Families Reaching Out Group — to purchase items for its essential baby items project, which distributes car seats, strollers, diapers, high chairs, and more to families in need.
• Love to NIC — to provide monthly meals and clothing, including socks and shoes, to area homeless.
• Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter — to purchase new blankets for its evening shelter cots for the next winter season.
Page County
Page One — for its assistance programs, which include a food pantry and financial aid covering rent, utilities and fuel for those facing financial crisis.
Rockingham County
• Any Given Child Shenandoah Valley — transportation expenses for a week of performances during the 16th annual Tiny Tots Concert for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County students.
• Blue Ridge Free Clinic — to purchase medications and ongoing service at its new in-house pharmacy, which carries 40 of the most common medications prescribed in primary care.
• Open Doors — to provide case management and street outreach to those undergoing homelessness in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham community.
• Spotswood Young Farmers — to assist with costs for farmers to participate in Farmers to the Bay, a program of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Shenandoah County
Valley Educational Center for Creative Arts — to offer projects and workshops for free or at a reduced cost for those who otherwise may not have access to the arts.
More information is available at svec.coop/ORU.
Chartered in 1936, SVEC serves approximately 96,000 meters in the counties of Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren and the City of Winchester. Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative was the first electric cooperative chartered in Virginia.
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