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.
Organization | Program | Grant |
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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