Participants in Operation Round Up elect to have their monthly electric bill “rounded up” to the next dollar and 100% of that rounded up donation is used to make life better for our communities.
The pocket change given each month extends the commitment to community on which electric cooperatives were built over 75 years ago – neighbor helping neighbor.
Here is a partial list of recent grant recipients:
Adventure Bags, Inc. (Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton) — $10,000 to provide backpacks filled with age-appropriate essential items to displaced children.
Angel House of Georgia (Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Rockdale) — $1,500 to fund substance abuse treatment for women.
Athens Regional Veterans Transport (Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton) — $7,000 to provide van service to veterans for medical treatment.
ALS Association of Georgia (entire WEMC service area) — $8,000 to assist families with expenses not covered by insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.
The Cottage Sexual Assault and Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc. (Clarke, Greene, Newton, Oconee, Walton) — $2,000
Rainbow Community Center (DeKalb, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton) — $3,000 for security lighting. Rainbow is a homeless shelter.
Walton County Fire Rescue (Walton) — $9,110 for recruiting, training and retaining volunteer firefighters.
Walton EMC provides electric service to 124,000 residential and business accounts in a 10-county area between Atlanta and Athens. Because its customers own the company, service — not profit — is Walton EMC’s primary focus.
Voted “Best Electric Company” by readers of the Walton Tribune, Walton EMC is ready to be your full service energy provider. Together with Walton Gas, we offer competitive electric and gas rates. Walton Solar is a sustainable, renewable option that’s good for you and our environment.
