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CECF Announces Recent Contributions
12/12/2007
Christmas came early for several area organizations that received $17,900 in contributions from the Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation’s Operation Round Up program. Operation Round Up funds are gathered by rounding up the bills of participating Cotton Electric Cooperative members.
Recipients of funds from the Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation included $10,000 to the Cotton County Free Fair Association to make improvements to and repair the Cotton County Expo Center, $3,000 to the Central High P.T.O. towards the construction of a new playground, $1,500 to the Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service Assoc. DBA The Holy City to repair gutters and drains to the outside of the Chapel, $1,400 to the Geronimo Police Department to purchase laptops and $2,000 to the Cotton County Department of Human Services to purchase food for the area food closet.
“The goal of CECF is to improve the lives of our members and we feel these contributions will make a difference,” said Warren Langford, Cotton Electric Cooperative’s CEO and CECF board member.
The board of directors for the Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation will meet again in March to review applications.
Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation board members include Richard Dixon, President; Keith Hooker, Vice President; Carly Douglass, Secretary-Treasurer; Warren Langford, Chief Executive Officer of Cotton Electric, and Dewayne High, president of the Cotton Electric Board of Trustees.
Applications to the Operation Round Up program are available at the links below or by calling Melvin Jones at (580) 255-5065.
| CECF Donations - 2007 to 2008 |
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| First Quarter Contributions |
| Habitat for Humanity - Duncan Building Project |
$2,500.00 |
| Hulen Volunteer Fire Department - Equipment |
$ 3,500.00 |
| Medicine Park Volunteer Fire Department - Pagers |
$ 2,800.00 |
| Terral Volunteer Fire Department - Equipment |
$ 3,456.00 |
| Town of Chattanooga - Tables and chairs for civic room |
$ 3,787.54 |
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| Second Quarter Contributions |
| Cotton County Free Fair Association - Building Improvements |
$ 10,000.00 |
| The Holy City of the Wichitas - Building Improvements |
$ 1,500.00 |
| Geronimo Police Department - Laptops |
$ 1,400.00 |
| Velma Volunteer Fire Department - Maintenance expenses |
$ 3,500.00 |
| Central High P.T.O. - Playground Construction/Equipment |
$ 3,000.00 |
| Cotton County Department of Human Services - Food closet |
$ 2,000.00 |
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See 2004 - 2006 donations here
CECF balance through June 30, 2007 |
| Previous balance as of 3/01/07 |
$43,308.25 |
| March Deposit and Interest |
$6,119.48 |
| April Deposit and Interest |
$6,058.57 |
| May Deposit and Interest |
$6,143.73 |
| June Deposit |
$6,058.89 |
| Less Disbursements |
($24,032.34) |
| Less Pending Contributions |
($22,200.00) |
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Balance as of June 30, 2007 |
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$21,456.58 |
About Operation Round Up
In 2004, Cotton Electric Cooperative began the Operation Round Up program and established the Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation.
Operation Round Up is a program designed to provide financial assistance to worthwhile individuals and organizations. Under the program, voluntary contributions from participating co-op members are collected when their monthly bills are "rounded up" to the next highest dollar. For example, if a member's bill is $49.77, the bill is rounded up to $50.00. The additional 23 cents is then deposited to the Operation Round Up fund.
The average yearly contribution from each participating cooperative member is about $6. The most a customer could contribute each year is $11.88 and the least is 12 cents. Plus, contributions are tax deductible and participation is voluntary.
The funds collected by the Operation Round Up are administered by the Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation and its five directors. The CECF board meets and discusses applications quarterly.
Application Instructions - PDF Document
Individual Application - PDF Document MS Word Document
Organization Application - PDF Document MS Word Document
Operation Round Up Brochure
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Operation Round Up
