GEC Community Foundation Announces New Grant Recipients

11 grants totaling over $5,300 have been announced in this cycle of awards announced by the trustees of the GEC Community Foundation.

Operation Round-Up finances the awards through a program that gives members of GEC a chance to voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund the grants.

In this cycle, education grants were announced for the South Harrison School for digital curriculum and science supplies, the North Harrison School for band tuners, microphones, and a flipchart, the Mercer School for books, headphones, wireless microphones, and two sewing machines, The Newtown-Harris School for a new science class skeleton, the Rissler Elementary School for a vocabulary kit, and the Pleasant View for first aid kits and a listening center.

The GEC Community Foundation has now awarded 815 grants worth nearly $490,000 since 2005. The funding assists schools and organizations with education, health, and rural development.

The next grant application deadline is April 1st. Qualified applicants must be a non-profit 501 (c)(3). Grant applications are available at www.grundyec.com or by contacting Grundy Electric Cooperative.