Operation Round Up grants awarded August 2006
The board of directors of the Capital Electric Charitable Trust
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Curtis Anderson, board director of the Capital Electric CharitableTrust, awards a grant to Kristi Pfliger-Keller of the Alzheimer’s Association. The money will be used to support rural care and consultation. |
awarded 19 new grants in a check presentation ceremony held Aug. 31 at co-op headquarters. The combined amount awarded totaled $13,550 from the Capital Electric Charitable Trust, a nonprofit charitable trust set up to collect funds from Operation Round Up.
Operation Round Up is a voluntary program set up for co-op consumers, with the participants agreeing to have their monthly electric billings “rounded up” to the nearest dollar each month. Those pennies are then placed in the Capital Electric Charitable Trust to be awarded to various groups and organizations. More than 5,000 electric customers of Capital Electric Cooperative participate in Operation Round Up, generating almost $2,500 a month in funds for the Trust. Since its inception in August 1997, more than $269,000—26.9 million pennies—in Operation Round Up funds have been donated to various organizations and individuals in and around Burleigh and Sheridan counties.
A five-person board of directors meets twice a year to review grant applications and determine their worthiness.
Organizations which received grants from the Charitable Trust on Aug. 31 included:
• Dakota Zoo: for continuing zoo enhancements
• Southwest Central Regional Science Fair: to help cover ISEF affiliation fees for students
• North Dakota Leadership Seminar: for meals, housing and other seminar costs
• Charles Hall Youth Services: for therapy and case management for Foster Youth
• PATH ND, Inc: for the Special Needs Funds for Foster Youth
• Special Olympics ND: to subsidize player fees
• Cystic Fibrosis Association of ND: to help cover the cost of inhalers and therapy
• Girl Scouts of Sakakawea Council: for camps, events and uniforms
• Haystack Butte 4H Club: to help with costs of 4H Achievement Day
• Bismarck Law Enforcement Chaplaincy: for crisis intervention funding
• Wing Rural Fire Protection District: to help purchase needed fire tools
• Christian Record Services: for camps, books and activities for the blind
• Burleigh County 4H: to help with the cost of livestock judges for events
• Alzheimer’s Association of Western ND: to support rural care and consultation
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes: to help more persons participate
• MVFA/4H Youth Rodeo: to help purchase rodeo equipment
• Us Too Cancer Support Group: to help fund meeting facilities and speakers
• Solheim PTO: to help replace unsafe playground equipment;
• Bismarck Midget Football League: to help subsidize player fees
The purpose of the Charitable Trust is to donate funds to organizations or individuals in and around the Capital Electric Cooperative service area for charitable, educational or scientific purposes.