Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s (LREC) voluntary charitable fundraising program Operation Round Up (ORU) hosted their quarterly meeting on April 10. During the meeting, the ORU Board of Trustees awarded a total of $36,300 to 16 local organizations and programs across LREC’s service territory. Since ORU began in 2007, LREC has awarded $596,120 and has made an enormous impact on the members and communities LREC serves. 

Organizations receiving funds this quarter are:

•  $5,000 to the Frazee Community Development Corp/Wannigan Park Project

•  $3,000 to BIO Girls

•  $2,500 to the Barnesville Area Community Fund

•  $2,000 to Building A Legacy Education Foundation

•   $1,400 to Otter Cove Children’s Museum

•  $1,000 to Moccasin Valley

•  $1,000 to the Clay County Fair & Agricultural Association

•  $400 to the Pelican Rapids Living At Home Block Nurse Program

•  $5,000 to Tyler Wohler’s Trail

•  $2,500 to the Minnesota Firefighter Initiative

•  $1,000 to the Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Association 

•  $1,500 to Women United of Otter Tail County

•  $3,500 to Friends-of Friends Fighting Hunger

•  $2,500 to the Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center

•  $3,000 to Faith Haven Camp, Inc.

•  $1,000 to Our Saviors Ten Mile Lake Church Quilters

To learn more about the organizations who received funding, please follow LREC’s Facebook page (@LakeRegionElectricCoop) as we connect with and spotlight recipients.  

Individuals who have a community project that needs funding, please complete the online Operation Round Up Request for Funding form found at www.lrec.coop/ORU and submit it with supporting documentation for consideration. Applications for the next round of funding will be accepted until June 15, 2023.