MiEnergy Cooperative members give $5,000 in local donations

Cresco, IA | Rushford, MN— MiEnergy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up Trust Board met recently and elected to donate $5,000 to the following local organizations:
•    $2,000, Fillmore County Ag Society, Preston, Minn., to update restrooms at the Fillmore County fairgrounds.
•    $1500, City of Spring Grove, Spring Grove, Minn., to purchase automated external defibrillators. 
•    $500, Decorah Quilts of Valor #541, Decorah, Iowa, to purchase quilting supplies.
•    $500, St. Charles Public Schools, St. Charles, Minn., to support the drama club’s fall performance.
•    $500, Quilters Therapy, Mabel, Minn., to purchase quilting supplies.

Operation Round Up is funded by donations made by members of MiEnergy Cooperative who voluntarily have their electric bill round up to the next dollar. The average donation is $6 per year, 2,100 MiEnergy members participate and 100% of the funds generated are granted to local organizations via an application process.

The Operation Round Up Trust Board, made up of MiEnergy members, determines where the funds are donated. The trust board members include Neil Broadwater, of Winona; Dan Dietzenbach, of Fort Atkinson; Beth George, of Houston; Roy Kryzer, of Lewiston; Dennis Ostwinkle, of Decorah; Teresa Ross, of Hokah; Perry-O Sliwa of Decorah; Tom Tibor, of Minnesota City; and Mike Tuohy, of Chatfield. 

Donations to Operation Round Up are tax deductible. The next application deadline is February 15. To learn more about Operation Round Up or to round up your electric bill, visit www.MiEnergy.coop or call 1-800-432-2285.