Small change, big impact

News & Announcements, Operation Round Up / 4 minutes of reading /
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Michelle and Sheila are for­mer res­i­dents of The Life House, one of the many orga­ni­za­tions sup­port­ed by Oper­a­tion Round Up funds. “I was extreme­ly excit­ed to be at The Life House,” says Michelle. “Every­one has been so help­ful with me start­ing over. Thank you so much for every­thing you’ve all done.” Sheila adds, “The Life House is such a bless­ing and I am so thank­ful for the time I had there and the ways they have helped me.”

Put your spare change to work

Pen­nies on my bill each month can help give some­one a meal, a bed, or maybe, more impor­tant­ly, hope through the orga­ni­za­tions that receive Oper­a­tion Round Up funds.

Gwen Thompson

For­mer Oper­a­tion Round Up Board Chair­per­son

On Fri­day, June 6, York Elec­tric joined Clover Area Assis­tance Cen­ter for the rib­bon cut­ting of the center’s new Out­reach Admin­is­tra­tion Cen­ter. Sup­port­ed in part by YEC’s Oper­a­tion Round Up pro­gram, the new facil­i­ty will expand access to finan­cial edu­ca­tion and essen­tial social ser­vices in west­ern York Coun­ty.

Since 2000, mem­bers of York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive have had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to donate their spare change to make a big impact and, in many ways, change lives. The Oper­a­tion Round Up pro­gram puts a few extra cents from par­tic­i­pat­ing mem­bers each month to work for good.

Par­tic­i­pants vol­un­teer to round their pow­er bill up to the next whole dol­lar. This small amount of change each month goes into a trust. A board of YEC mem­bers meet four times per year to dis­trib­ute funds to local non­prof­its meet­ing the needs of the com­mu­ni­ties with­in York Electric’s ser­vice territory—York, Chester, Chero­kee and Lan­cast­er coun­ties.

Since the pro­gram began 25 years ago, York Elec­tric has giv­en more than $4.5 mil­lion to local non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions serv­ing our mem­bers and mak­ing life bet­ter for our neigh­bors and friends. From sup­port­ing well-known agen­cies such as Hos­pice and Com­mu­ni­ty Care, Ten­der Hearts and Hope of Rock Hill, to many oth­er caus­es, includ­ing teacher grants, fos­ter fam­i­lies, men­tal health resources, vet­er­ans, first respon­ders, home­less­ness pre­ven­tion and equine ther­a­py, we are spread­ing the love you give each month through your spare change.

 

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Cameron Hurst, exec­u­tive direc­tor of Clover Area Assis­tance Cen­ter, says the new facil­i­ty opened in June will expand the Center’s out­reach to indi­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies in the Clover com­mu­ni­ty.

Vis­it the caac web­site
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Tiffany Mor­ri­son, exec­u­tive direc­tor of Pal­met­to Com­mu­ni­ty Health Clin­ic, says ORU fund­ing sup­ports the clinic’s efforts to serve unin­sured res­i­dents of York and Lan­cast­er with high-qual­i­ty, free care.

Vis­it the PCHC web­site
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Court­ney Den­ton is the founder and exec­u­tive direc­tor of The Life House Wom­en’s Shel­ter, which pro­vides safe shel­ter and oth­er essen­tial ser­vices to home­less women.

Vis­it the life house web­site

Pal­met­to Com­mu­ni­ty Health Clin­ic serves res­i­dents of York and Lan­cast­er coun­ties by pro­vid­ing com­pas­sion­ate, high-qual­i­ty, free health care to the med­ical­ly unin­sured between the ages of 18–64. Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Tiffany Mor­ri­son says the clin­ic relies on fund­ing from Oper­a­tion Round Up.

“Oper­a­tion Round Up fund­ing has been essen­tial to con­tin­ue the clinic’s mis­sion of pro­mot­ing health equi­ty through­out our com­mu­ni­ty,” Mor­ri­son says.

The Life House is also a recent recip­i­ent of Oper­a­tion Round Up funds. The Life House offers safe shel­ter, warm meals, access to laun­dry and show­er ser­vices, fel­low­ship and case man­age­ment for home­less women in need. Court­ney Den­ton is the founder and exec­u­tive direc­tor of the orga­ni­za­tion.

“There was a void in ser­vices avail­able to these women that was filled through hope, com­mu­ni­ty col­lab­o­ra­tion and God’s love,” says Den­ton. “The Life House nur­tures and empow­ers our clients to give them a hand up.”

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Cur­rent­ly, 75% of York Electric’s mem­bers par­tic­i­pate in Oper­a­tion Round Up. Month­ly con­tri­bu­tions show as a line item on your elec­tric bill. If you are inter­est­ed in mak­ing a dif­fer­ence, we ask you to sign up now!

Sim­ply scan the QR code to enroll through our secure mem­ber por­tal or login to your account and take action today. By round­ing up your elec­tric bill to the next whole dol­lar, you have the pow­er to help make life bet­ter in our shared com­mu­ni­ty.

All pho­tos by Erin Nichols

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