Community

members enrolled in Operation Round-Up

In scholarships awarded since 2002

in donations awarded by Operation Round-Up since 1998

Operation Round-Up

Small Change That Changes Lives

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

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. Donations are tax deductible, and participating members are sent a summary of their yearly contributions in December and January.

The Operation Round-Up Trust fund is overseen by a nine-member board of community members, who are selected to serve by First Electric's board of directors. The trustees meet quarterly to review donation applications and select the recipients. First Electric pays all administrative expenses for the program, which allows all "rounded up" monies to be used for nonprofit donations and college scholarships. Since its inception in 1998, the Operation Round-Up program has awarded more than $979,000 in donations to nonprofit organizations and college scholarships.

Meetings are held the first week of each quarter. The deadlines for nonprofit donation requests will be as follows:

1^st Quarter deadline – March 15

2^nd Quarter deadline – June 15

3^rd Quarter deadline – September 15

4^th Quarter deadline –November 15

Members can sign up below, call 800-489-7405 or stop by a First Electric office. Nonprofit organizations that would like to apply for funds can download the application or pick it up at a First Electric office (Get Adobe Acrobat.)

Operation Round-Up recipients for second quarter 2018

Congratulations to the 16 nonprofit organizations that received Operation Round-Up donations in July! And thank you to the First Electric members who help support their community by volunteering to have their electric bill rounded up each month.

Recipients by county include:

In Garland County – Literacy Council of Garland County received $500.
In Independence County – Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Independence County received $500.
In Lonoke County – Lonoke County Safe Haven received $1,000; Down Syndrome Advancement Coalition received $500; and Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Lonoke County received $1,500.
In Perry County – Civic Improvement Association of Perry, Arkansas received $1,000; Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Perry County received $1,500; Rose Creek Community Center received $500; and Perry County Day Service Center received $2,000.
In Pulaski County – Pulaski County 4-H Foundation received $1,000; and Feed Arkansas Kids received $1,510.
In Saline County – New Beginnings Pregnancy Resource Center received $500; and Civitan Services received $1,000.
In White County — White County Aging Program, Inc. received $1,000; Antioch Fire Department received $2,528; and Pangburn Fire Department received $1,500.

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