Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program contributed $74,100 to 66 area organizations

Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program contributed $74,100 to 66 area
organizations in November. Through the Operation Round Up® program, Stearns Electric
Association gives its member-consumers the opportunity to give back to the community by rounding
up their electric bill to the nearest dollar.
Since the program’s inception in 1993, Operation Round Up (ORU) and Stearns Electric members
have awarded over $2.5 million to 4,890 local non-profit organizations and community service
programs. The rounded-up funds, no more than $11.88 per year, per member, are placed in a trust
fund that is administered by the Stearns Electric Association Trust Board. The Trust Board is
appointed by the Cooperative’s elected Board of Directors.
Trust Board Directors met on November 4 to review applications and funding requests. Sixty-six
organizations were selected to receive funds totaling between $250 to $2,000 in this round of
contributions.
The following organizations received funding in November 2020:
4847 East Side VFW Auxiliary
Albany Area Schools/Supermileage
Albany Fire and Rescue
Albany Food Shelf
Albany Southsiders 4H Club
Avon Area Gift Giving Program
Avon Food Shelf, Inc.
Bethel Memorial Cemetery Association
Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa Food Shelf
Catholic Charites Emergency Services
Chain of Lakes Fire and Rescue District
Christmas Care Drive
City of St. Stephen
Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf
Colt Action Packs
ConnectAbility of Minnesota, Inc.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Eden Valley Food Shelf
Elrosa Senior Citizens
Glenwood Fire Department
Grace United Methodist Church Food Shelf
Gradatim
Hearts & Hands Food Shelf
Helping Hands Outreach
Holdingford Food Shelf
Holdingford Lioness Club “Gifts for Joy” Program
Honor Quilts
Ivy’s Legacy Foundation
Janice Mensinger Pillow Project
Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest – St. Cloud Area
Kimball Food Shelf
Long Prairie Emergency Food Pantry
Lutheran Social Services/St. Cloud Area Crisis Nursery
Marine’s Toys for Tots Program
Melrose Area Food Shelf
Memorial for Helicopter
Morrison County Food Shelf
Morrison County Holiday Gift Giving Program
Morrison County United Way
Mother of Mercy Foundation
Osakis Emergency Medical Responders
Osakis Fire Department
Outreach Food Shelf
Paramount Center for the Arts
Paynesville Community Services Food Shelf
Project Give-A-Gift
Punkins and Monkeys Preschool
Quiet Oaks Hospice House
Raptors Roost
Rise, Incorporated
ROCORI Action Packs
Rocori Area Food Shelf
Rocori FFA Alumni and Supporters
Sartell Historical Society
Sauk Centre Food Shelf
St. Cloud Amateur Radio Club
St. Cloud Area Special Olympics
St. John’s Community Park
St. Joseph Community Food Shelf
St. Stephen American Legion Post 221
St. Stephen Food Shelf
The Salvation Army Food Shelf
Salvation Army Christmas Toy Program
Todd County Historical Society
VFW Granite Post 428 Auxiliary
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 290
Visit stearnselectric.org for more information on the Stearns Electric Operation Round Up® Program.