Community Corner

Walton EMC's Operation Round Up Pours $83,000+ Into Local Communities

Customer-owners who participate in Operation Round Up allow the cooperative to round their monthly electric bill to the next dollar.

By Greg Brooks,  Walton EMC Communications Coordinator

The generosity of Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) customer-owners continues to have an astounding effect on local communities. Even more astounding is the fact that tiny donations - an average of only 50 cents - are making these huge impacts.

Customer-owners who participate in Operation Round Up allow the cooperative to round their monthly electric bill to the next dollar. This small change is pooled into large amounts that a volunteer trust board oversees. Every penny goes to those in need - Walton EMC pays all administrative costs.

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Here is the latest round of donations:

  • Citizen Advocacy Athens (Clarke) - $1,500 for advocate recruitment and support program that fosters one-on-one relationships with developmentally disabled citizens
  • Oconee County 4-H - $3,500 for Cloverleaf, Junior and Senior Project Achievement
  • Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry - $15,000 for their emergency feeding and financial assistance program
  • Huffman House, Inc. (Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett) - $3,500 for their Food for Friends program
  • Rachel's Gift, Inc. (DeKalb, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton) - $2,500 for grief assistance to families who have lost an infant
  • AIDS Athens (Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Walton) - $2,000 for their women's project support group
  • Set Free After-Care Ministry (throughout WaltonEMC's service area) - $1,500 for transition assistance and ministry for released inmates
  • Family Promise of Gwinnett County, Inc. - $3,500 for their emergency shelter for single women and children
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (throughoutWalton EMC's service area) - $4,500 for patient financial aid
  • Oconee Area Resource Council (Oconee) - $4,000 for their mentoring program
  • Project ReNeWal (Newton, Rockdale, Walton) - $2,995 for their domestic violence shelter
  • Books For Keeps (Clarke) - $2,000 for their summer reading program
  • MTU-EduCare of Georgia (Gwinnett, Walton) - $2,000 for their tutoring/mentoring program
  • Safe Place Atlanta, Inc. (DeKalb, Gwinnett) - $1,000 for their domestic violence shelter
  • The Salvation Army (throughout Walton EMC's service area) - $10,000 for their emergency feeding program
  • Fragile Kids Foundation (Walton) - $3,600 for a pediatric stroller/wheelchair
  • In addition, Operation Round Up helped 12 families with emergency needs totaling $20,769.58.

Walton EMC is a customer-owned power company that serves 120,000 accounts over its 10-county service area between Atlanta and Athens. Its subsidiary, Walton EMCNatural Gas, serves natural gas accounts statewide. Another subsidiary, EMC Security, provides security and technology solutions across North Georgia.

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