The Ellis County Press: HILCOs Operation Round Up® Grants funding to local organizations

HILCOs Operation Round Up® Grants funding to local organizations
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Editor on 09/03/2009 14:35:00


Operation Round Up(R) is a program in which residential members of HILCO
Electric Cooperative, Inc. sign up to voluntarily have their electric bills
rounded upward to the next dollar.
Every month, the additional pennies, nickels and dimes are added to a special
fund. The Operation Round Up(R) Trust Board, comprised of representatives of the
HILCO districts, meets once a quarter to review applications and to decide how
the funds are to be allocated.
At their July meeting, HILCO Electric's Trust Board voted to disburse $10,689.99
to fifteen organizations in the HILCO service area.
These funds were donated during the second quarter of 2009.
The grant presentations were made on Aug. 11, 12 and 13 in the Midlothian,
Whitney and Itasca offices.
The checks were presented to organization representatives by HILCO Board
President Bill Allen and Operation Round Up Board Trustees Debbie Brooks and
Richard Turner.
The following organizations were recipients of the second quarter funds
disbursements:
• 2604 Volunteer Fire Department (Whitney) - $650 - safety vests
• Aquilla Scholarship Foundation (Aquilla) - $1,000 - Funds for college
scholarships
• Central Texas Senior Ministry dba Meals & Wheels (Waco) - $1,000 - Meals for
homebound elders in the Itasca area
• Common Ground Ministries (Waxahachie) - $1,000 - Food/snacks for children's
summer program
• Hill County CPS Board (Hillsboro) - $1,000 - School clothing/supplies for
children
• Hill County CPS "Adopt-A-Caseworker" (Hillsboro) - $182.99 - air conditioner
and refrigerator for client
• Hospice of the Heart (Whitney) - $525 - Bed/chair alarms and e-tank cylinder
carts
• House Where Jesus Shines (Waco) - $1,000 - Commercial grade refrigerator
• Isaiah's Place, Inc. (Whitney) - $455 - Training materials/sleeping cots
• Itasca Booster Club-Summer Track Program (Itasca) - $250 - Summer Track
Program - Water and food for state track meet
• Itasca Booster Club- Science Nation Honor Society (Itasca) - $500 - Science
National Honor Society trip to Florida
• Lake Whitney Ministerial Alliance - Food Bank (Whitney) - $500 - Replenish
food bank supplies
• Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department (Whitney) - $ 1,377 - Five Motorola
Monitor V fire pagers
• St. Joseph Catholic School (Waxahachie) - $750 - Assistance with purchase of
laptop computers
• Waxahachie Care Services (Waxahachie) - $500 - Food for the food pantry/food
bank
Since the Operation Round Up(R) program began in 2001, more than $402,017 has
been returned to communities within the HILCO service area.
This has been made possible from the generosity of residential members who have
opted to participate monthly in the program.