OSGOOD, Ind. — The Southeastern Indiana REMC recently announced they are awarding over $45,000 in grants to 24 groups within the REMC’s service area.
The grants were given as part of the REMC’s Operation Roundup, which allows customers to Round-up their monthly electric bill to the nearest dollar amount, while only contributing a maximum of $6 per year, per account.
The REMC said the money will go directly toward community projects aimed to improve the quality of life in the area.
- American Youth Outreach, Educational Tour of Yellowstone-Tetons, $2,500
- CEF of Southeast Indiana, Purchase copy machine for child evang., $2,500
- City of Aurora, Welcome Message Boards, $1,000
- Delaware Fire Department, PPE for fireman around sharp objects, $1,768.50
- Dillsboro Community Partnership, Publish Book of Poems for Community, $116.05
- Dupont Lancaster Fire Department, Educational materials, and radios, $1,500
- Faithful Workers 4-H, Purchase club t-shirts, $754
- IEC Relite Community Project, Purchase three AED’s for parks
- Jac-Cen-Del Summer Recreation Program, Summer Recreation Baseball/Softball Program, $2,500
- Jeff Craig Fire Department, Two portable fire pumps, $2,500
- Kids Discover Factory, Kids Discovery Mobile Factory, $1,816.95
- Nicolas School, STEM Lab Project, $2,210
- North Dearborn Pantry, Inc., Aid of construction for lighting in new buildings, $1,120
- Rescue 69, Stair Chair for safe movement of patients, $2,500
- Ripley County 4-H, Gates for new livestock project, $2,500
- Ripley County Historical Society, Purchase new computer and screen, $1,139.51
- Rising Sun Church of Christ, Funding for Jr./Sr. High Conference-Travel, $2,500
- Rising Sun-Ohio Co. Schools, Safety and Child Awareness Program, $2,290
- Special Olympics, Purchase a sandwich/salad prep refrigerator, $1,294
- South Ripley High School, Portable Studio Lighting for Multi Media, $2,500
- Sunman-Dearborn Youth Association, Summer Recreation Baseball/Softball Program, $2,500
- Switzerland Co. Emergency Response, 3 Intraosseous Vascular Access Systems, $795
- Tyson Activity Center, Aid of Construction for RCATS, $1,773.45
- Wayside Inn, Temporary Emergency Shelter for men/families, $2,500
