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GEC Community Foundation, Inc. Awards over $4,000 in Grant Monies
Local schools & organizations benefit
Trenton, Missouri, February 13, 2008 – The Trustees of the
GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met February 13, 2008 and awarded $4,034.64 in grant allocations to recipients in Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan and Harrison Counties in Missouri and Wayne County Iowa.
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The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. trustees awarded a $500.00 grant to the North Harrison R-III School to purchase developmental games for the Wee Wonders Day
Care Program. Pictured from left are day care providers Lori Craig and Sherri Rinehart and Foundation Trustee Cliff Addison. |
Successful recipients included Grundy County R-V Elementary School, Humphreys; Show Me Christian Youth Home, Galt; Newtown-Harris R-III High School; Princeton R-V Schools; North Harrison R-III School, Eagleville; South Harrison R-II High School, Bethany; Ridgeway R-V High School and Wayne County 4-H of Iowa.
Since 2005, the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded 106 grants totaling over $80,000.00 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, 2008. 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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