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Grand Rapids, MN – Through the assistance of Lake Country Power's participating members, the Operation Round Up® Trust Board recently approved $39,700 in contributions to local community programs during its quarterly meeting.

The cooperative’s Trust Board reviewed and considered 59 grant applications and distributed funds to more than 40 projects and programs this past quarter. Since the program’s inception in October 2004, more than $1.9 million has been distributed to more than 1,700 community-based projects and programs.

Interested members can opt into the Operation Round Up program by calling Lake Country Power at 800-421-9959 or using an online form at lakecountrypower.coop.

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

  • Carlton SWCD conservation awards program

  • McGregor Area Food Shelf

  • Longville Area Community Choir

  • Grand Itasca Volunteer Services

  • Itasca County Family YMCA

  • Project Care Free Clinic

  • Immanuel Lutheran Church Quilters

  • Grand Rapids Players

  • Itasca County Historical Society

  • Serenity Place

  • Carmel WELCA-Carmel Lutheran Church for school backpacks and quilts

  • Sisu Heritage Inc.

  • City of Cromwell

  • EquipALife

  • Kettle River Oldtimer Softball

  • First Lutheran Church mission quilts

  • Queen of Peace Quilters

  • Grace Lutheran Quilters

  • Minnesota Canoe Museum

  • Gracelynn Rae Stadin Memorial Playground

  • Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry

  • Story Portage Slovenian Union of America-Branch #23

  • Community Education; Floodwood Tee-Ball

  • Special Olympics Roadrunners

  • City of Tamarack

  • Floodwood Business Community Partnership

  • Deer River FFA Chapter

  • Holy Hootenanners

  • ElderCircle

  • Society of St. Vincent DePaul; walk for the poor

  • Project Linus Northern MN Chapter

  • Victory Christian Academy Robotic Club

  • Grand Itasca Foundation

  • Friends of Wirtanen Pioneer Farm

  • United Way of 1000 Lakes

  • Old School Lives, Inc.

  • Orr Recreation and Resource Center, Inc.

  • Northwoods Friends of the Arts

  • Mesabi Family YMCA

  • Mesabi Symphony Orchestra

  • Listening Point Foundation

Operation Round Up® is a charitable program unique to electric cooperatives. It provides financial assistance to worthwhile activities and community projects by “rounding up” member’s electric bills to the nearest dollar. The most members contribute in a one-year period is less than $12.Applications are available online at www.lakecountrypower.coop. The next application deadline is August 15.