Nine area organizations received awards in December from the 4-County Electric Power Association Foundation.
Over $47,000 was distributed at the foundation’s Dec. 10 meeting at 4-County’s Corporate Center.
Since the foundation’s inception in February 2015, nearly $850,000 has been dispersed to organizations in 4-County’s service area.
Leading the list of those organizations that received awards in December was the Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department, which received $12,640.14 for repairs to the main pumper truck at Station 2 in Clarkson.
The department has also received a Weyerhaeuser grant for $5,500 to make improvements to the fire station.
Four-County believes in helping the communities it serves. That’s why the cooperative launched the 4-County Foundation, a community service program. Since February 2015, participating 4-County members’ utility bills have been rounded up to the nearest dollar; a $125.78 bill, for example, becomes $126. Now, that’s an average of only 49 cents per member, per month. That may not seem like much. But when you multiply those contributions by the thousands of member participants, that’s a lot of pennies.
For more information on the 4-County Foundation, call 1-800-431-1544.
