At the February VEC Customers Share board meeting, Cumberland County organizations were awarded $3,400 in grants.
Organizations receiving funds were Friends of the Art Circle Public Library Children’s Program, $1,125; Creative Compassion Inc., $1,125; Senior Citizens of Cumberland County, TN, Inc., $1,000; and Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable Inc., $150.
VEC Customers Share was founded in October 2001 and has donated more than $9 million to various community service organizations across Volunteer Energy Cooperative’s 17-county service area.
VEC Customers Share is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization. The foundation’s funds come from VEC members who have opted to round their electric bills up to the next whole dollar.
VEC Customers Share individual customer contributions average a little more than $5 per year. The extra change is collected monthly and distributed by a volunteer board of directors representing each service area.
Grant applications are available at any Volunteer Energy Cooperative Customer Service center, at www.vec.org/community-programs/vecustomers-share or by calling 423-334-7051.