The Cuivre River Electric Community Trust Board met in March and awarded $32,897 in grants funded through Operation Round Up.

Health grants were awarded to 20 individuals and families from Bowling Green, Foley, Moscow Mills, O’Fallon, St. Charles, Troy, Warrenton, and Wentzville, and included helping 12 developmentally disabled adults with attendance fees for Camp Wonderland, supporting a gentleman who uses a wheelchair with a new ramp into his home, and helping a developmentally disabled gentleman with personal assistance services. Two weatherization grants were awarded to a disabled gentleman in need of skirting around his mobile home and helping a recently widowed woman with replacing her furnace. 

Community organizations that received grants included: 

• Focus Marines Foundation — $2,000 to help with funding the purchase of laptops for veterans participating in the organization’s program to help Marines transition to civilian life after service.
• First Step Back Home — $1,500 to fund the organization’s homeless emergency shelter services.
• Disabled Athlete Sports Association — $500 to help fund equipment for the organization’s programs for disabled athletes.
• Faith Through Fire — $495 to help purchase stuffed animals for the children of breast cancer patients at the organization’s retreat. 
• Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Services — $1,500 to help provide housing assistance to homeless families or those on the verge of homelessness.       
• Youth In Need — $1,500 to help fund the organization’s sheltering services for homeless youth.
• Turning Point — $1,800 to help with facility repairs to ensure security at the organization’s emergency domestic violence shelter.     

We are grateful to our members who participate in the Operation Round Up program! Your generous support helps us to help those in need in the communities we serve.