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LOGAN COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

THE POWER OF C munity

Community, when done well, is an action word.

It’s not in our service territory

But it is in our local community!

The staff of Logan County Electric Cooperative traded in our computers and bucket trucks for scrapers and paint brushes to serve our local community. Volunteers from the co-op joined together to serve on the Community Care Day sponsored by the United Way of Logan County. This is the sixth year that the co-op has volunteered to do service work during the Community Care Day. Dave Bezusko, director of the United Way of Logan County says, “More than 400 volunteers representing 40+ workplaces, schools, and civic organizations gathered at the fairgrounds for breakfast, then went out to serve in all four corners of Logan County! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to show just how well Logan County lives united!” The co-op staff headed to the southeast corner of the county to work on painting projects at the Jefferson Township Park in Zanesfield. “I love how volunteering at Community Care Day unites our staff as we come together and work on a project,” Executive Assistant Ashley Oakley says. “I have so much fun working alongside our linemen and making a difference in our community.” The team spent the morning painting bridges, benches, and buildings in the Zanesfield park. “Some of us grew up playing baseball here,” says Director of Communications Michael Wilson. “So it’s really fun to come back and help this park continue to be great place for families to spend time together watching their kids compete.” The co-op thanks the Jefferson Township trustees for providing lunch from Pop’s Pizza Parlor. Zanesfield may not be in our service territory, but it is part of our local community, and the co-op was glad to lend a helping hand.

You can help power kindness

Co-op members provide acts of kindness to our local community through holiday utility gifts and warm winter clothes.

Logan County Electric Cooperative off ers its members two important ways to give back to our local community this season: holiday utility gifts and winter gear for kids.

Holiday utility gifts

Giving a holiday utility gift provides one-time fi nancial assistance to co-op members. When a member gives a holiday utility gift, it pays for a portion of or the entire electric bill of another member. The holiday utility gift program lets you spread the power of kindness by meeting the fi nancial needs of members. When you give to the holiday utility gift program, your kindness can be given to a specifi c member you request or can be made to the program’s general fund for the co-op staff to distribute. To make a holiday utility gift payment for a co-op member, please contact our offi ce at 937-592-4781. We will send a card to each recipient on your behalf or mark the gift as coming from an anonymous member.

Warm in winter

Would you consider giving a donation to our local community as part of your holiday gifts? There is a need for infant snowsuits, toddler coats, and preschool coats, hats, and gloves. These items are needed in the following sizes: infant, birth to 18 months, toddler 2T–4T, and preschool 4–6 and 6–8. All items will be delivered to families in our local communities. There is no eligibility criteria for this program. If a child is in need, help is given. The co-op is receiving donations at our offi ce, and donations are collected until Dec. 16. Please bring your donation to the co-op offi ce to help the families and children of Logan County.

OPERATION ROUND UP LOCAL GRANTS OFFERED

TO IMPACT LOGAN COUNTY CLASSROOMS

Are you a kindergarten through 12th grade teacher in a public or private school within Logan County Electric Cooperative’s service territory? Do you have a creative learning idea or project for your classroom? LCEC wants to power your idea by providing Energizing Education grants. Energizing Education is funded by Operation Round Up (ORU) money. When LCEC members contribute to ORU, their LCEC electric bills are rounded up to the next dollar. The change is combined into grants that make a big diff erence in our local community. The average cost for a member to be involved in ORU is about 50 cents each month.

How does the Energizing Education program work?

In December, the ORU board will award $5,000 in grants to educators across Logan County to fund creative learning ideas that are not part of the regular school budget or curriculum. Each teacher may request up to $500 to fund or partially fund his or her creative learning idea.

Grant award criteria

Grants will be awarded to applications that meet the following criteria:

• Provide innovative, creative learning experiences for students • Benefi t and directly involve students • Have a clearly defi ned plan of implementation • Include an adequate budget summary Please note the deadline for receiving grant applications is Friday, Nov. 11, and the ORU board awards the grants in December. All grant applicants will be contacted during the week of Dec. 19. Checks will be made payable to the school, along with a note describing the project being funded. Multiple teachers from the same school may apply; however, individual teachers may apply for only one grant per school year. To request an Energizing Education application, or if you have questions, contact Ashley Oakley, staff liaison to Operation Round Up, at aoakley@logancounty.coop, or call her at 937-651-6987. Ashley Oakley STAFF LIAISON, OPERATION ROUND UP