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GEC Community Foundation, Inc. Awards over $8,000 to Area Schools & Mercer County Extension Council

Trenton, Missouri, September 8, 2009 – The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met August 20, 2009 and awarded $8,567.70 in grant allocations to recipients in Grundy, Mercer and Harrison Counties in Missouri.

Successful recipients included Princeton R-V School District, Princeton; Grundy County R-V Elementary School, Humphreys; S.M. Rissler Elementary School, Trenton; Laredo R-VII Elementary School, Laredo; South Harrison Elementary and High School, Bethany; Ridgeway R-V School District, Ridgeway; North Mercer R-III School District, Mercer; North Harrison R-III School District, Eagleville and Mercer County Extension Council, Princeton.

Since 2005, the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded 157 grants totaling over $114,000 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 November 1, 2009. 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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