Lake Region Electric Cooperative Awards $24,245 in Funding to Local Organizations

PELICAN RAPIDS (KDLM) – Lake Region Electric Cooperative has awarded more than $24,000 to 12 local organizations through their Operation Round Up program.

The voluntary charitable fundraising program through LREC allows LREC members to donate the extra change on their electric bill when rounding up to the next dollar.

Organizations receiving funds were:

• · $2,500 to A Place to Belong for Community Connections
• · $2,120 to Bio Girls Inc. for Bio Girls New York Mills
• · $800 to Bluffton Fire & Rescue for a generator
• · $5,000 to the City of Fergus Falls for Project Play: NP Park
• · $2,500 to Empowering Kids for Building Blocks for the Future
• · $1,525 to the Henning Landmark Center to purchase AED and provide CPR training workshops
• · $800 to the Henning Military Park for concrete curbing around the landscape area
• · $2,500 to JAIL, Inc. for Hope for the Incarcerated
• · $1,000 to Otter Cover Children’s Museum for a comfort room
• · $2,500 to the Perham Center for the Arts for Art Accessible for All
• · $500 to Someplace Safe for promotional items with the Someplace Safe contact information
• · $2,500 to Tri-State Manufacturers Association for Project Dream Team

Lake Region Electric Cooperative is a member-owned, member-controlled electric utility serving more than 28,000 services in Otter Tail and Wilkin counties and portions of surrounding counties.