The Carroll Electric Membership Cooperative Foundation awarded 73 local organizations with Impact Grants which totaled over $165,437 for projects that will benefit our communities. The grants were distributed during an afternoon reception at City Station in Carrollton on Thursday, August 16th.
Impact Grants provide assistance to area organizations and projects whose primary purpose is to improve the quality of life for residents in communities within Carroll EMC’s service area. The grants are funded through Operation Round Up, which is a voluntary program that allows Carroll EMC Members to have their electric bills rounded up to the next highest whole dollar.
Included in this year’s funding were:
Action Ministries
American Red Cross
Carroll County Emergency Shelter
Carroll County Family Connection
Carroll County Ferst Foundation Community Action Team
Carroll County Foster Parent Association
Carroll County Extension West GA Lamb Show
Carroll County Genealogical Society
Carroll County Humane Society
Carroll County Mental Health Advocates Program
Carroll County Outdoor Camp
Carroll County Sheriffs Camp
Carroll County Training Center
Carroll County Young Farmers
Carrollton Empty Stocking Fund
Carrollton Kiwanis
Carrollton Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department
Carrollton Senior Center
City of Bowdon
Circles of West Georgia
Communities in Schools
Fraternal Order of Police #35
Georgia SPOT Society
Hope for the Journey
Impact West Georgia
Ingram Penelope Melson Society
Inside Ministries
Make A Wish Georgia
Math Counts – GSPE
McDaniel-Curtis Camp #165 Sons of Confederate Veterans
McKenna Farm Therapy Services
Mentoring Village
Positive Response
Rapha Clinic of West Georgia
Rolling Hills RC&D
Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum
Temple Police Dept
Temple Senior Center
THS Emergency Shelter
Villa Rica Police Dept
West GA Chapter Native Plant Society
West GA Water and Soil Conservation
West GA Mounted Search and Rescue
West Georgia Council on Aging
West GYSTC
Whitesburg Area Christian Ministries
“I would like to thank everyone for their continued support of Operation Round Up and for taking time to apply,” said Taylor Key, Carroll EMC Foundation Administrator. “When I read the grants each year I am inspired to be a kinder, more giving human. It really makes you see the good that is being done in our communities by these organizations.”
Since its inception in 2001, Operation Round Up has granted $3.3 million to nonprofit organizations and community projects in Carroll EMC’s service area. Funds collected for Operation Round Up are distributed by the Carroll EMC Foundation Board of Trustees. None of the funds are used for administrative costs and 100 percent of the proceeds go back into the community.
To sign up for Operation Round Up or to view the complete list of Impact Grant recipients, visit www.carrollemc.com, choose “MyCommunity” then “Operation Round Up.”
