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STORY CONTACT: CINDY KING SAWNEE EMC LENDS A HAND TO WEATHERIZATION
PROJECTS (Cumming, April 17, 2003)—Sawnee EMC understands what it means to be a good neighbor. Sawnee recently donated $1,000 to the Ninth District Opportunity to help them complete weatherization projects in the Sawnee EMC service area. The NDO is a non-profit corporation that works in collaboration with education, private industry and other service agencies across the state to provide opportunities to improve the quality of life for Northeast Georgia’s income eligible citizens. On April 8, 2003, Blake House, Vice President of Member Services and Legislative Affairs, presented a check to Mary Nell Gooch, Director of Energy and Housing and Janice Riley, Executive Director of Ninth District Opportunity. The weatherization program lends to improvements to the home for the reduction in energy costs and increase in energy conservation. “Sawnee EMC is committed to the communities and the members we serve,” states Mike Goodroe, Executive Vice President and General Manager. “This is one more opportunity to show we care not only about the present, but the future of our members.” Sawnee
EMC is a consumer-owned cooperative providing electricity to more than 115,000
members in Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall and Lumpkin
counties. As one of the fastest-growing EMCs in the United States, Sawnee EMC
is the third-largest electric cooperative in Georgia and the ninth largest in
the nation. At Sawnee EMC, “We’re More Than Electricity, We’re Service”. |