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(Cumming, January 6, 2004)—Sawnee
Electric Membership Foundation Board of Directors voted to donate $2,000.00 to Ninth District Opportunity. Sawnee EMC adopted Operation Round Up in April 2003 and formed the Sawnee Electric
Membership Foundation. Operation Round
Up is a program designed to allow our members to voluntarily “round up” their
electric bills to the next dollar. Through this unique program, members of
Sawnee EMC can donate “small change” and still make big differences in their
communities. All, 100%, of members’
donations goes to qualifying 501 (c)(3) organizations within Sawnee’s service
territory.
Ninth District Opportunity is a non-profit corporation founded in 1967. Their primary purpose is to work in partnership with low-income people promoting access to opportunities leading toward self-development, self-reliance, and self-determination. “Ninth District Opportunity has requested the money to use for their weatherization program and to cover the cost of medicine for individuals in need”, stated Cindy King, Director of External Affairs, Sawnee EMC. To learn more about the Operation Round Up program and the Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation, visit www.sawnee.com or call Customer Service at 770-887-2363. Sawnee EMC is a consumer-owned cooperative providing electricity and related services to over 110,000 members in Forsyth, Cherokee, Dawson, Hall, Fulton, Gwinnett, and Lumpkin counties. Collectively, Georgia’s 42 customer-owned EMCs provide electricity and related services to 3.7 million people, nearly half of Georgia’s population, across 73% of the state’s land area. Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives now serve more customers than any other state network of EMCs in the nation. |
