Submitted by Amy Weber, St. Croix Electric Cooperative
ST. CROIX COUNTY, WI – St. Croix Electric Cooperative (SCEC) is now accepting applications for their Operation Round Up® grant program. Operation Round Up® is a charitable program unique to electric co-ops and is designed to aid individuals and families in crisis and to support local not-for-profit organizations with projects that serve the communities in St. Croix County by “rounding up” members’ electric bills to the nearest dollar. The average donation of each participating St. Croix Electric Cooperative member is less than $6 annually.
Fourth quarter applications will be accepted through March 1, 2024. Applications and grant guidelines are available online at scecnet.net/grants. For more information about Operation Round Up please email grants@scecnet.net or call 715-796-5613.
At their December 2023 meeting, the Board approved grants totaling $41,250 to 22 community organizations. Local organizations awarded include: Baldwin Windmill Piecemakers Quilt Guild – awarded to purchase quilt batting and backings, and Basics for local kids – to purchase winter-wear in needed sizes for kids, along with several others throughout the county.
SCEC started the Operation Round Up Grant Program to demonstrate our cooperative values and local commitment to service by helping others in serving the unmet humanitarian, social and educational needs within our general service area.
Operation Round Up funds are managed by SCEC Serves, Inc., a nonprofit 501c3 created this year. The goal of SCEC Serves is to provide an ongoing commitment to the communities within SCEC’s service territory. SCEC Serves, Inc. is overseen by a 12-member board of directors. The board consists of members representing each of the nine SCEC districts along with two SCEC board members and one employee. The board will distribute grants on a quarterly basis and will consider emergency requests on an as-needed basis.
St. Croix Electric Cooperative was founded in 1937 and serves more than 11,800 members accounts over 1,800 miles of line.
