New Operation Round Up Board leadership

Gwen Thomp­son has served as chair­per­son for the Oper­a­tion Round Up Board for the past four years. As her term ends, she says she is hon­ored to have served on the Board for four years.

“My time served was very reward­ing and enlight­en­ing,” Thomp­son says. “The ser­vice area for a lot of York Elec­tric is made up of grow­ing and thriv­ing com­mu­ni­ties. How­ev­er, not every­one that lives here is thriv­ing. Serv­ing on the com­mit­tee made me painful­ly aware of the needs of our neigh­bors. The com­forts I enjoy do not belong to every­one. Thank­ful­ly, there is ORU! Pen­nies on my bill each month can help give some­one a meal, a bed or maybe, more impor­tant­ly, hope through the orga­ni­za­tions that receive ORU funds. Please con­sid­er round­ing up; the rewards are many!”

Diane How­ell, who has served on the ORU board for five years, is the new chair­per­son.

New board mem­ber

Dr. Kim­ber­ly P. John­son just began her term serv­ing on YEC’s Oper­a­tion Round Up Board. “I am so hon­ored to be a part of the Oper­a­tion Round Up board,” she says, “because this impor­tant pro­gram is com­mit­ted to mak­ing sure we deliv­er the need­ed assis­tance to com­mu­ni­ty serv­ing orga­ni­za­tions that are focused on lift­ing our com­mu­ni­ty in pos­i­tive and pro­duc­tive ways. I am proud to know I live in a com­mu­ni­ty that sees the val­ue of car­ing and con­nec­tion!”