Operation Round Up
Operation Round Up... small change that changes lives
A local family loses their home in an early morning fire. A local English teacher needs to provide books for underprivileged students. A local hospital needs new dialysis equipment and a young couple is trying to deal with the financial strain of their new daughter's birth defects. You see these types of stories on the news and read them in the papers. What have they all got in common? Thanks to Baldwin EMC's Operation Round Up program, the answer to this question is “help in time of need.”
Please take a few moments to read the information about Operation Round Up below. If you or someone you know may benefit from the program, you can download the applications for assistance here.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT WORK
As a cooperative committed to community involvement and customer focus, we at Baldwin EMC are excited to find an effective and easy way to improve the quality of life within our community. Operation Round Up is the perfect way to put our co-op vision into action. At its core, the program is community involvement at work. Simply stated, Operation Round Up is local dollars meeting local needs in the local community. Baldwin EMC is just providing a channel for you, the members, to collectively help others in your own neighborhoods. When a community starts meeting the needs of its own members, the money invested in those individuals is effectively returned to the original investors through environmental and educational improvements, increased business revenue and better local healthcare.
THE POWER OF HUMAN CONNECTIONS
Operation Round Up demonstrates what we call “the power of human connections.” This program provides the opportunity for members to connect with the rest of the community. Each need that is met through Operation Round Up becomes part of a cycle that directly and indirectly benefits local residents and businesses. With so many requests each year for you to make charitable contributions, it can be hard to assess one need against another and make satisfying personal donations. With Operation Round Up, however, you have the opportunity to have a much greater and more satisfying impact in meeting local needs, as the funds are distributed on your behalf. In fact, the possibilities of the program’s potential effect are astounding once you understand how it operates.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
Baldwin EMC was the 200th cooperative nationwide to adopt Operation Round Up. The program was established in 1989 as a means of providing assistance to the less fortunate in the area each co-op serves. Through this program, basic needs of individuals such as food, shelter and healthcare can be met, in addition to providing assistance in areas such as education and the environment.
Unless you choose not to participate, Baldwin EMC will automatically round each participating member's electric bill up to the next dollar. For example, a bill of $73.46 would become $74.00. Individually, this is pretty small change; on average, members will contribute about six dollars annually to the program. The extra cents from each participating member’s bill will be collected and placed in the Baldwin Electric Membership Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit foundation directed by an appointed group of leading community members volunteering their time. The collected funds will then be redistributed to meet needs in the Baldwin EMC service areas and surrounding communities.
Meet the Operation Round Up Board Members
A POWERFUL TOOL FOR GOOD
Operation Round Up funds can go to local charities and service organizations as well as individuals in need. Looking at the program’s purpose, one thing becomes obvious – the countless positive things Operation Round Up can do. Once the resources are put to work in the community, our members can’t help but see what a powerful tool for good our cooperative is providing for Baldwin and South Monroe counties. With possibly as many as 50,000 customers putting their nickels, dimes and quarters together, Baldwin EMC, through Operation Round Up, has the potential to collectively make a significant difference in the lives of our friends, neighbors and communities.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Members of Baldwin EMC will now have the opportunity, the means, the encouragement and the reward of contributing voluntarily to worthwhile community activities and needs throughout our service territory. All Baldwin EMC members will be enrolled in Operation Round Up unless they choose not to participate. Participation is strictly voluntary and you can request to be removed from the program at any time.
Click here to be added to the Operation Round Up program.
Click here to be removed from the Operation Round Up program.