Thanks to the generosity of Beltrami Electric Cooperative members, the Beltrami Electric Cooperative (BEC) Trust Board for Operation Round Up® met in January and awarded grants to 16 area nonprofit and community organizations totaling $21,390.06. The BEC Trust receives money for grants from the Operation Round Up program administered by Beltrami Electric Cooperative.
The Operation Round Up program is unique to electric cooperatives and provides financial assistance for nonprofit and community-based organizations in the cooperative’s service area. The program is designed to give cooperative members a means of working together to use small change to make a big impact in their local communities.
| ORGANIZATION | PROGRAM | GRANT |
| Adult Day Services, Inc. | Facility Preservation-repair and painting from wheelchair damage | $2,000 |
| Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners - New charter school in the Historic Nary School | Unplugged Classroom-outdoor winter gear to allow students to learn in the outdoors | $2,000 |
| Bemidji Community Food Shelf | Roof Repair-roof started leaking last summer | $2,000 |
| Bemidji Community Theater | Children's Theater Production -Lake Bemidji State Park / Aug 2020 | $800 |
| Bemidji Parks & Recreation | Family Snowshoeing | $890.46 |
| Bemidji Symphony Orchestra | Complimentary Tickets-Boys & Girls Club Families | $1,000 |
| Blackduck Area Senior Center | Printer for newsletter | $230 |
| Camp Oak Hills | Winter Sports Equipment | $1,500 |
| Good Samaritan Society-Blackduck | Annual GSS Easter Egg Hunt | $1,000 |
| Level Ground | Electrical wiring work for "The Door", temp emergency housing | $3,706 |
| North Country Food Bank | Nutritious Produce for People in Need | $1,000 |
| Northern Artist Association | Warm Your Heart With A Little Art- Gallery North | $500 |
| Red Lake Nation College | Field Guides for Environmental Science & Biology Classes | $607.60 |
| The Salvation Army | HeatShare program | $1,000 |
| United Way of Bemidji Area | BSU/Northwest Technical College Food Pantry | $1,500 |
| Voyageur's Area Council | Support for Boy Scouts of America Program | $1,656 |