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Cohasset, Minn. – Through the contributions of Lake Country Power's participating members, the Operation Round Up® Trust Board recently approved $47,875 in assistance to local community programs during its quarterly meeting.

The cooperative’s Trust Board reviewed and considered 63 grant applications and distributed funds to 54 projects and programs this past quarter. Since the program’s inception in October 2004, more than $2.4 million has been distributed to community-based projects and programs.

All funds generated through Operation Round Up are set aside in a trust fund. A voluntary Trust Board of nine co-op members administers the Trust. Of the funds collected through the program, 100 percent is distributed to charitable organizations through an application and selection process. The trust board uses special guidelines and policies when choosing recipients.

Most Recent Recipients

  • Itasca County Agricultural Association

  • Big Sandy Area Lakes Watershed Management Project

  • North Country RIDE

  • Great Minds Learning Center

  • Grand Rapids Farmers Market

  • Minnehaha Elementary School

  • Arrowhead Regional Corrections

  • St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office

  • Power Lunch Reading Program

  • Walker Area Food Shelf

  • Tri-Community Food Shelf

  • Northeast Range School Team 5653 Iron Mosquitoes

  • Palisade Area Community Kids Education Resource Service

  • McGregor Food Shelf

  • Greenhaven PTO

  • Ma & Pa Kettle Days, Inc.

  • Cherry Student Council

  • Let’s Go Fishing Itasca Chapter

  • St. Louis County Volunteer Rescue Squad

  • Project Care Free Clinic

  • Camp Olson YMCA

  • Life House, Inc.

  • Jacobson Community Center Foundation

  • Ruby’s Pantry in Cook

  • Patchwork Pals Plus

  • Cotton Community Church Ladies Aid

  • Free Range Food Co-op

  • Cotton Volunteer Fire Department Inc.

  • Floodwood Boys High School Volleyball

  • Tower Soudan School Community Ed

  • Laurentian Environmental Center

  • Muscular Dystrophy Association

  • Coleraine Public Library

  • Deer Rive Area Food Shelf

  • Grand Rapids & Itasca Mountain Bicycling Association

  • Itasca Junior Curling Inc.

  • Vermilion Lake Township Fire Department

  • Advocates Against Domestic Abuse-HOPE

  • The Salvation Army Heatshare

  • ElderCircle Stay Active & Independent for Life

  • Summer Work Outreach Project

  • Longville Area Food Shelf, Inc.

  • Longville Area Community Choir

  • Minnesota State Old Time Fiddle Championships

  • Harvest Church of God

  • South Ridge School

  • Northstar Foundation

  • City of Tower (Howard Wagoner Trails Club)

  • Ely Folk School

  • Ely-Winton Historical Society

  • Ely’s Historic State Theater

  • Angel Foundation

  • Hibbing Farmers Market

  • Well Being Development/Northern Lights Clubhouse

Operation Round Up® is a charitable program unique to electric co-ops, which is designed to provide financial assistance to worthwhile activities and community projects by “rounding up” member’s electric bills to the nearest dollar. The average donation of each participating Lake Country Power member is less than $6 annually.

Among Lake Country Power’s 43,000 members, nearly 64 percent of all active electric accounts participate in the program through voluntary contributions. Interested members can opt into the Operation Round Up program by calling the cooperative at 800-421-9959 or using an online form at lakecountrypower.coop.

Applications are available online at www.lakecountrypower.coop (My Cooperative > Community > Operation Round Up®). The next application deadline is May 15.