Operation Round-Up funds CARE Ministry

During their quarterly meeting held in July, the Crow Wing Power Community Trust Board donated $46,000 to local community programs. The board approved $1,000 to the CARE Ministry of Staples as part of their Operation Round-up funding. 

Other donations included: $2,500; Breath of Life Adult Day Service, Brainerd; $3,000; Community Care ‘ Share, Emily; $500; Pine Center Quilters; $500; Crosslake Lutheran Church Quilters; $2,000; Boys & Girls Club (Little Falls site); $2,000; Lutheran Social Service Senior Nutrition Program, Pine River; $2,000; Aadzuhman Shrine Club, Brainerd; $2,500; Crow Wing Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, Brainerd; $3,000; Youth Food program, Crow Wing County; $3,000; Fathers Reading Every Day, Fort Ripley; $2,000; Little Falls Youth Food program; $500;Brainerd Senior Dance Group; $3,000; Pine River/Backus Family Center; $1,000; Brainerd Rotary Foundation (student program); $5,000; Brainerd Early Childhood; $12,000; Crow Wing Energized, Essentia Health, Brainerd (one time impact grant); and $500; Private Cooperative Member Crisis Medical Support.

The next quarterly meeting is scheduled for October 27, 2016. Grant forms are available by calling Crow Wing Power at  218-829-2827 or 1-800-648-9401 or at  www.cwpower.com. The deadline for grant applications is October 10, 2016.

Since Operation Round-Up’s inception in late 1996, over $3 million has been donated to community projects and programs in Cass, Crow Wing and Morrison counties. Operation Round Up is funded by participating members of Crow Wing Power who allow the cooperative to round up their electric bills to the nearest whole dollar.  The additional change is pooled and distributed quarterly. 

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