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In June 2015, the Tri-County EMC Foundation Board approved 12 grant projects, totaling $20,624 in Operation Roundup funds, to benefit organizations or individuals in local communities. The organizations that received funds this quarter are:
• Camp Kudzu: $1,500 for scholarships for students in the Tri-County Service Area to attend a summer camp for diabetic children.
• Cub Scout Pack 34: $500 to fund camping and meeting supplies for a boy scout troop in Putnam County.
• GC&SU Give Center: $1,000 to purchase supplies for the annual Potato Drop in Baldwin County.
• Golden Harvest Food Bank: $1,000 to purchase food for food banks in Putnam County.
• Haddock Baptist Church: $389.27 to construct a wheelchair ramp for a church member with limited mobility.
• JACOR Foundation: $3,000 to help an individual with cerebral palsy attend college.
• Jones County Senior Center: $1,500 to purchase meals for two senior citizens in the congregate meals program.
• Muscular Dystrophy Association: $2,400 to send three student with muscular dystrophy from the Tri-County Service area to summer camp.
• Northridge Cares Ramps: $1,335 to purchase materials to construct a wheelchair ramp for an individual in need in Baldwin County.
• Gray United Methodist Church: $3,500 to assist in funding the River of Life program – a mission program that allows the youth of the church to repair homes for those in need in the area.
• Milledgeville First United Methodist Church: $3,500 to assist in funding the River of Life program in which members of the church will construct wheelchair ramps for individuals in need.
• Ronald McDonald House of Central GA: $1,000 to provide nights of stay for families with children in the hospital from the Tri-County Service Area.
Operation Roundup is funded by the voluntary contributions to Tri-County EMC members to the Tri-County EMC Foundation. Participants in the program have their monthly bill rounded up to the next dollar, with that surplus amount going to fund Operation Roundup. Any individual wishing to make a tax-deductible donation to the foundation may contact Kim Bonner at 478.986.8126 or make a check payable to: Tri-County EMC Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 487, Gray, GA 31032. To learn more, click here.
Any non-profit, civic, religious or government organization located within Tri-County’s eight county service area are eligible to receive funding. Applications must be for special needs or projects. No applications for contributions to an organization’s general funds will be accepted. Applications may be downloaded here or mailed upon request by calling 478.986.8126.