Melrose, Minn. – Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program contributed $60,750 to 71 area organizations in March, including $2,000 each to 20 area food shelves. Through the Operation Round Up® program, Stearns Electric Association gives its member-consumers the opportunity to give back to the community by rounding up their electric bill to the nearest dollar.

Since the program’s inception in 1993, Operation Round Up (ORU) and Stearns Electric members have awarded over $2.6 million to 4,961 local non-profit organizations and community service programs. The rounded-up funds, no more than $11.88 per year, per member, are placed in a trust fund that is administered by the Stearns Electric Association Trust Board.

Trust Board Directors met on March 10 to review applications and funding requests. Seventy-one organizations were selected to receive funds totaling between $250 to $2,000 in this round of contributions.

The following organizations received funding in March 2021:

Alano Society of Cold Spring
Albany Food Shelf
Albany High School (lock-in)
Anna Marie’s Alliance
Apollo High School (lock-in)
Avon Food Shelf, Inc.
BBE High School
BBE High School (lock-in)
Belgrade Police Department
Big Watab Lake Association
Boy Scouts of America – CMC
Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa Food Shelf
Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School (lock-in)
Catholic Charities Emergency Services – Food Shelf
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud
Catholic Community Schools
Central Minnesota Mental Health Center
City of Richmond
Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf
Eden Valley Food Shelf
Eden Valley-Watkins High School (lock-in)
Grace United Methodist Church
Hearts & Hands Food Shelf
Holdingford Food Shelf
Holdingford High School (lock-in)
Kimball Food Shelf
Kimball High School (lock-in)
Lake Henry Legion Post #612
Little Falls High School (lock-in)
Long Prairie – Grey Eagle High School (lock-in) Long Prairie Food Shelf
Melrose Area Food Shelf
Melrose Area High School (lock-in)
Minnesota Foster and Adoptive Families Morrison County Food Shelf
Osakis High School (lock-in)
Osakis Meals on Wheels
Outreach Food Shelf
Paynesville Community Services
Paynesville High School (lock-in)
Pearl Lake Lake Association
Pleasant Lake Area Homeowners Association Richmond Fire/Rescue Department
River Lake Association
Rocori Area Food Shelf
ROCORI High School
ROCORI High School (lock-in)
ROCORI Senior Center
Royalton High School (lock-in)

BBE High School (lock-in)
Belgrade Police Department
Big Watab Lake Association
Boy Scouts of America – CMC
Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa Food Shelf
Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School (lock-in)
Catholic Charities Emergency Services – Food Shelf Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud Catholic Community Schools
Central Minnesota Mental Health Center
City of Richmond
Clearwater-Clear Lake Food Shelf
Eden Valley Food Shelf
Eden Valley-Watkins High School (lock-in)
Grace United Methodist Church
Hearts & Hands Food Shelf
Holdingford Food Shelf
Holdingford High School (lock-in)
Kimball Food Shelf
Kimball High School (lock-in)
Lake Henry Legion Post #612
Little Falls High School (lock-in)
Long Prairie – Grey Eagle High School (lock-in) Long Prairie Food Shelf
Melrose Area Food Shelf
Melrose Area High School (lock-in)
Minnesota Foster and Adoptive Families Morrison County Food Shelf
Osakis High School (lock-in)
Osakis Meals on Wheels
Outreach Food Shelf
Paynesville Community Services
Paynesville High School (lock-in)
Pearl Lake Lake Association
Pleasant Lake Area Homeowners Association Richmond Fire/Rescue Department
River Lake Association
Rocori Area Food Shelf
ROCORI High School
ROCORI High School (lock-in)
ROCORI Senior Center
Royalton High School (lock-in)
Sartell High School (lock-in)
Sartell Police Reserves
Sartell Senior Connection
Sauk Centre American Legion Club
Sauk Centre Food Shelf
Sauk Centre High School (lock-in)
Sauk Centre-Melrose Youth Hockey Association
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School (lock-in)
Second Chance Animal Care
St. Cloud Christian School – Sports Booster Club
St. John’s Preparatory School (lock-in)
St. Joseph Community Food Shelf
St. Stephen Food Shelf
Stearns History Museum
Swanville High School (lock-in)
Tech High School (lock-in)
The Salvation Army
Upsala High School (PCN lock-in)
What Would Bri Do
Young @ Heart

Visit stearnselectric.org for more information on the Stearns Electric Operation Round Up® Program.

Stearns Electric Association is a member-owned electric cooperative. Since 1937, Stearns Electric Association has provided electricity and related products and services to Central Minnesota. Today, Stearns Electric Association serves 27,000 members in six Central Minnesota counties including Stearns, Todd, Morrison, Kandiyohi, Pope and Douglas. For more information about Stearns Electric Association, please visit www.stearnselectric.org.

For Immediate Release: 4/6/2021
For more information contact:
Whitney Ditlevson, Communications and Marketing Supervisor wditlevson@stearnselectric.org
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