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Published September 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

REA's Operation Round Up making a difference in local communities

Runestone Electric Association’s (REA) Operation Round Up has distributed more than $609,000 in 1,166 grants to community-minded groups and organizations throughout the cooperative’s service territory since its inception in 2003.

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    Representing some of the organizations receiving Operation Round Up grants in August were (back row, left to right): Chris Wieberdink, April Larson, Melody Morgan, (front row) Al Godfrey, Jeff Olson, Al Olsen, Jackie Notch, Linda Blackmore, DeWayne Bisek (Operation Round Up Board) and Carla Beem (Operation Round Up Board). (Contributed photo)

Runestone Electric Association’s (REA) Operation Round Up has distributed more than $609,000 in 1,166 grants to community-minded groups and organizations throughout the cooperative’s service territory since its inception in 2003.

More than 65 percent of REA’s members allow their bills to be rounded up to the next dollar with the average annual donation being slightly more than $6.

Eighteen area organizations shared $10,600 in grants from Operation Round Up:

Area organizations are encouraged to apply for Operation Round Up grants. The deadline for the next round of funding is November 16.

Application forms are available by calling Runestone Electric at (320) 762-1121 or 1-800-473-1722. Applications can be downloaded from www.RunestoneElectric.com.

Runestone Electric Association serves more than 13,600 members in the rural areas of Douglas, Pope, Grant, Stevens, Otter Tail, Stearns and Todd counties.

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