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GEC Community Foundation, Inc. Awards Over $10,500 in Grant Monies
Local schools & organizations benefit 

Trenton, Missouri, September 18, 2007 - The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met August 7, 2007 and awarded $10,526.93 in grant allocations to recipients in Mercer, Harrison and Grundy Counties in Missouri. The grant awards were presented at GEC’s 68th Annual Meeting on September 6th.

Successful recipients included North Mercer R-III School, Mercer; Princeton R-V High School and Princeton R-V Elementary School, Princeton; Spickard Elementary School, Spickard; North Harrison R-III School (2 grants), Eagleville; Gilman City R-IV School, Gilman City; Grundy County R-V School, Galt; Harrison County Track Trail & Recreation Foundation and South Harrison Elementary School, Bethany; Community Food Pantry of Grundy County, City of Trenton Fire Department and S.M. Rissler Elementary School all of Trenton. For more awards presented at the 2007 annual meeting with photos, click here!

Since 2005, the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded 89 grants totaling over $70,000.00 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 Grundy Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round-Up Program. This program allows GEC members to voluntarily “round up” their electric utility bill to the next even dollar. For an average of $6.00 per year participating members assist in funding local community projects.

The next grant application deadline is November 1, 2007. 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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