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  • Funds for Operation Round-Up were provided by the Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative to the Adair Senior Citizens Center for a new range. Members of the Adair group are from left: Betty Davies, Bessie Kinion, Donna Vickers and Debbie Jones. Representatives from Northeast are Earnesting Helmick and Craig Hendrickson.

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November 29, 2011

Rounding up bills helps pay bills

In 1998, Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc. launched Operation Round-Up — a program that is funded by members and distributed every two months by a nine-member board of directors.

The way it works is simple. Participating members voluntarily permit their monthly electric bills to be rounded up to the nearest dollar. Monies generated from this program are then allocated to the Operation Round-Up Trust Foundation.

Recipients of these funds include organizations and individuals from across the cooperative’s four-county service territory who meet the qualifications for application set forth by

program guide-lines.Operation Round-Up has allowed needy individuals to cover outstanding medical expenses or purchase medical supplies when insurance was depleted. Emergency response agencies have been outfitted with equipment necessary to answer swiftly the call of duty.

So far, participating cooperative members through Operation Round-Up have invested more than $1,900,000 back into their communities by allowing their electric bills to be rounded up to the nearest dollar.

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