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Operation Round-Up allows First Electric members to help support worthwhile projects in our communities and scholarships for students.

Participating in Operation Round-Up is easy. Each month, First Electric simply “rounds up” the electric bill of participating members to the next highest dollar. For example, a member’s monthly bill of $52.73 would be rounded up to $53, with the additional 27 cents going to the Operation Round-Up Trust fund. Members can sign up through our website, mobile app, or by calling us at 800-489-7405.

In April, the board of trustees met and reviewed applications and funded 20 nonprofit organizations in the cooperatives service areas, totaling $27,750. The recipients are:

Cleburne County
Breakin Bread Community Kitchen, $2,000
Sugarloaf Heritage Council, Inc., $1,000
The Genesis Project, $2,000

Conway County
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Conway County, $500

Garland County
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Garland County, $250

Grant County
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Grant County, $250

Lonoke County
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Lonoke County, $1,500
Beyond Boundaries Inc., $2,000
Options Pregnancy Center, $1,500

Pulaski County
AR Kids Read, $2,000
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Pulaski County, $1,500
Fishnet Missions, $2,000
Here To Help Foundation, $2,000
Methodist Family Health Foundation, $1,000

Saline County
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Saline County, $1,500
Imagination Library of Saline County, $2,000
New Beginnings Pregnancy Center of Saline County, $1,500

White County
Antioch Volunteer Fire Department, $2,000

Yell County
Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Yell County, $250
Hollis Improvement Council, $1,000