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GEC Community Foundation, Inc. Awards Total
Over $5,000 to Area Schools and Senior Citizen Center
Trenton, Missouri, February 10, 2010 – The Trustees of the
GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met February 9, 2010 and awarded $5,707.64 in grant allocations to recipients in Grundy,
Mercer, Harrison, and Sullivan Counties in Missouri and Wayne County, Iowa.
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9, 2010 - The GEC Community Foundation Inc. presented the Princeton R-V Elementary School
a grant in the amount of $511.60 to purchase snap circuits for use in the science classes.
From left: Foundation Vice President Glenda Homedale presented the check to classroom teacher Harmony Cornett. |
Successful recipients included Gilman City R-IV School, Gilman City; Harrison County Drug Resistance Program, Bethany; Princeton R-V Elementary School, Princeton; Newtown-Harris R-III School, Newtown; Ridgeway R-V School District, Ridgeway; Spickard Elementary School, Spickard; Trenton High School, Trenton; Trenton Middle School, Trenton; and the Lineville Senior Citizen Center, Lineville, Iowa.
Since 2005, the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded 163 grants totaling over $125,644.95 to deserving schools and community organizations.
The Foundation assists qualifying schools and organizations with grant monies in the areas of education, health and rural development. The funds are open to eligible entities within Grundy Electric Cooperative’s 12 county service area which includes, Harrison, Mercer and Grundy counties and portions of Linn, Livingston, Daviess, Gentry, Putnam, and Sullivan counties in Missouri and portions of Ringgold, Wayne and Decatur counties in Iowa.
The Foundation, which is operated on a volunteer basis, is primarily funded through the
Operation Round-Up Program. This program allows GEC members and customers of the Public Water Supply District Number 1 of Grundy County to voluntarily “round up” their utility bill to the next even dollar. The PWSD Round-Up funds are disbursed solely to projects located in Grundy County. For an average of $6.00 per year participating patrons assist in funding local community projects.
The next grant application deadline is May 1, 2010. Qualified applicants must be a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization or other eligible entity and may apply for a grant by completing a grant application with supporting information. Grant applications are available
here
or by calling Grundy Electric Cooperative at (660) 359-3941 or Toll Free 1-800-279-2249, extension 23 or 33.
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