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The Beltrami Electric Cooperative Trust Board for Operation Round Up® met in October and awarded grants to 18 area nonprofit and community organizations totaling $43,222.   Many local programs and non-profit organizations benefit from Operation Round Up®, a charitable program unique to electric cooperatives. 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. 

Grants Awarded October 2021
Organization Program Grant
Organization Bemidji Community Theater Program Wireless microphones Grant $4,125
Organization Bemidji Early Childhood Collaborative Program Movement and Play (MAP) Grant $1,500
Organization Bemidji Gymnastics Club Program Safely Training for Success! Grant $1,600
Organization Bemidji High School Program Career Academies Exploring Program Grant $4,500
Organization Bemidji Symphony Orchestra Program Believe in the Spirit of Music Grant $3,500
Organization BHS Boys Soccer Boosters Program BHS Boys Soccer Travel Gear Grant $750
Organization BHS Girls Soccer Boosters Program BHS Girls Soccer Travel Gear Grant $650
Organization Blackduck Area Senior Center Program New Sign & Lighting Grant $2,500
Organization Blackduck Area Toys for Kids Program Toys for Blackduck Area Kids Grant $2,000
Organization Blackduck Beach Project Committee Program Restroom/Changing Area Construction Grant $7,000
Organization Blackduck Woodcarvers Arts & Crafts Festival Program Music for Festival Grant $2,000
Organization Community Resource Connections Program Security Prevention Measures Grant $3,784
Organization Face It Together Bemidji Program Art for Recovery Grant $1,360
Organization Kelliher Library and Information Center Program KLIC Expansion Grant $1,078
Organization Mask & Rose Women's Theater Program Story Telling Slam Nights Grant $500
Organization Solway Elementary School Program Headwaters Science Center Demonstrations Grant $375
Organization United Way of Bemidji Area Program Child Abuse Prevention in Beltrami County Grant $3,000
Organization Walker Bay Theater Program Walker Bay Live-Summer event series Grant $3,000

Pictured above: 

Front Row:  Anya VanAntwerpen, Bemidji Career Academies; Lauren Berg, Olivia Bloomberg, Addy Kelly, BHS Girls Soccer; Ainsley Carlson, Solway Elementary School

Second Row:  Annie Butler Ricks, United Way of Bemidji; Cate Belleveau, Mask & Rose Women’s Theater; Vicki Stenerson, Bemidji Community Theater; Destani Trigueros, Bemidji Career Academies; Mary Jo Wolter, Walker Bay Theater, Maggie McCalip, Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, Misty Frenzel, Christina Regas, Blackduck Beach Club; Karen Vleck, Alexi Smith, Bemidji Career Academies

Third Row:  Ruth Sherman, Community Resource Connections; Jenny Workman, Bemidji Gymnastics Club; Diane Mostad, Kelliher Library; Kendra Murray, Blackduck Area Toys for Kids; Sharon & Russ King, Blackduck Area Senior Center; Diane McKean, Blackduck Woodcarver’s Festival; Heidi Bruder, Bemidji Early Childhood Collaborative; Brian Stefanich, Bemidji Career Academies/Solway Elementary School; Rick Toward, BHS Boys Soccer