The 4-County Electric Power Association Foundation distributed $20,000 in awards to organizations within its service area on April 9.
Figures total about $580,000 dispersed among more than 100 organizations (since the program’s inception in February 2015).
Last week’s awards included $7,500 to the town of Maben for a children’s playground.
Four-County stated it 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 48 cents per participating 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,” 4-County said in a press release.
The cooperative said just a few cents a month, for each member that participates over the course of a year, makes a huge difference for organizations like volunteer fire departments throughout communities in the 4-County service area.
For more information, call 1-800-431-1544.
