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Operation Round-Up® Awards $35,500 to Local Nonprofits

At First Electric, we believe that when neighbors lend a hand, our whole community shines a little brighter. That’s the heart behind Operation Round-Up®.

By choosing to round your bill to the next dollar, you’re joining thousands of fellow members who give just a few cents each month to help local nonprofits, fire departments, food programs and youth organizations. It may feel small, but together it adds up to life-changing support — more than $1.7 million invested back into our communities since 1998.

Please enroll today and help us keep the spirit of cooperation strong. Call 800-489-7405 or log in to the First Electric app to join. Your pocket change really can make a big difference.

First Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round-Up® board of trustees reviewed 28 applications this quarter and awarded $35,500 in grants to organizations making a difference in the communities we serve.

This quarter’s recipients include:

• Altrusa International of Hot Springs Village, AR, Inc. – $1,500
• Antioch Volunteer Fire Department – $1,500
• Apple Seed, Inc. – $500
• Arkansas Learning Through The Arts – $1,000
• Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) Faulkner County – $500
• Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) Monroe County – $250
• Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) Perry County – $1,000
• Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) White County – $1,000
• Avanza Arkansas – $1,000
• Boys & Girls Club of Jacksonville – $2,500
• Cleburne County 18 & Under Fishing Championship Scholarship Program, Inc. – $1,000
• Cleburne County Historical Society – $2,500
• Commission Fields – $500
• Drasco Fire Department – $2,500
• Friends of Cabot Animal Support Services – $1,000
• Friends of Fisher House Arkansas – $1,000
• Garland County Imagination Library – $250
• Grand Prairie JOB Center – $1,000
• Habitat for Humanity of Saline County – $2,500
• Jacksonville Senior Wellness & Activity Center, Inc. – $1,000
• Northwest Perry County Volunteer Fire Department – $2,500
• Petit Jean Mountain Volunteer Fire Department – $2,500
• Prevention Education Programs, Inc. – $1,000
• TEP 4610 DBA The Empact One Foundation – $1,000
• Village Walk for Cancer Research – $2,500
• Wilburn Fire & Rescue Department – $2,000

Each of these organizations represents the cooperative spirit — neighbors helping neighbors, communities lifting one another up  and local volunteers making lasting impacts.