Operation Round-Up Grants to Local Organizations

McDonough Power Cooperative Operation Round-Up grants totaling $5,850 were recently awarded to five area organizations.

Lincoln School in Macomb received $500 for their 1st Annual Adopt a Classroom Color Run, which will be held April 27. Proceeds from the color run will benefit almost 600 students.

Macomb Jr. High School was granted $2,500 towards the cost of transporting 8th grade students to the Illinois Holocaust Museum. The trip has a lasting impact on many of the students who have attended, and is an important part of the language arts/reading and social studies curriculum at MJHS.

First Lutheran Church of Monmouth was granted $500 towards their Open Table mission. Open Table is a community-based model to engage local relational, intellectual and social capital to better the lives of low-income residents. Warren County is the initial launch target with the goal of introducing programs in adjoining counties.

Western Illinois Regional Council – Community Action Agency will benefit from a $1,000 grant to their food pantry. The food pantry provides nutrition assistance to income-eligible families in the McDonough County area.

Wesley Village will receive up to $1,350 towards the purchase of a refrigerator for their Pursuit of Home Project. The Memory Care Unit and Short-Term Rehabilitation Households will benefit from this grant.

The Operation Round-Up program is funded by members of McDonough Power Cooperative who have their bills rounded up to the nearest dollar. The extra pennies are used to support community betterment projects. Since the initial round of funding in January 2016, the program has donated $78,212 to local organizations. The next deadline to apply for an Operation Round-Up grant is April 1, 2019. For more details, visit www.mcdonoughpower.com.

Lincoln School’s Adopt a Classroom Color Run was awarded a $500 grant from McDonough Power Cooperative Operation Round-Up. Representatives from McDonough Power presented the check to members of the Adopt a Classroom Color Run Committee. Pictured left to right is Kelly Hamm, Anna Hanold, Stephanie Coupland, Amy Morris, and Matt Housewright.