Operation Round Up Provides Grants

Through our Operation Round Up program, Tipmont REMC is providing more than $14,000 in grants to eight local and area nonprofit organizations.

Money for the grants is generated by members who agree to have their monthly bills rounded up to the next highest dollar.

More than 9,100 Tipmont customers participate in the program, which has distributed nearly $648,000 to nonprofits since it was introduced 10 years ago.

"This program is all about helping communities and people," said Tim McCarthy, Tipmont chief executive officer. "It's a convenient, inexpensive way for individuals to help a little, and those pennies quickly add up to dollars that make a big difference to nonprofit organizations."

The Recipients

The latest round of grants awarded through the program include:

$700 to the Learning Network in Clinton County to purchase children's books for the First Books for Kids program;
$667 to Coal Creek Fire & Rescue for overhead door safety repairs at the Wingate fire station; and
$1,800 to Trinity Horizons Inc. to pay for roof and chimney repairs at its women's residential facility in Crawfordsville.
Family Promise of Greater Lafayette -- $2,680 to purchase a trailer to transport equipment for its program that serves families in transition.
Lafayette Family YMCA -- $2,565 for playground equipment.
Tippecanoe County Public Library Foundation -- $2,710 for an advanced work station for its early literacy area.
Trails of Hope Camp -- $1,000 for its program which serves children who have lost a loved one.
YWCA of Greater Lafayette -- $1,980 to purchase keypad locks for the domestic violence shelter.

To Apply

The Operation Round Up program is open to 501(c)3 organizations that serve the Tipmont geographic area of Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties.

Oct. 5 is the deadline to apply for the next cycle of funding.

Organizations interested in applying for grants can obtain an application at www.tipmont.org or by calling (800) 726-3953.

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