{"id":175735,"date":"2024-02-12T05:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=175735"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:03:15","slug":"entities-receive-help-from-community-connection-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/02\/12\/entities-receive-help-from-community-connection-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Entities receive help from special fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ST MARYS — Midwest Electric recently donated $14,175 to 19 local and area charities and community projects through the cooperative\u2019s Community Connection Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local receipients on the list include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert Middle School students received a $600 donation from Midwest Electric through the co-op\u2019s Community Connection Fund program. These funds will be used to purchase supplies for their Makerspace area. Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
  • Lincolnview Bible Board, $1,000, to take Lincolnview sixth graders to the Ark Encounter.<\/li>
  • Van Wert County Humane Society, $1,000, to help control the cat population.<\/li>
  • CHP Home Care & Hospice, $1,500, to purchase AED\u2019s for the adult care program.<\/li>
  • Off the Streets Van Wert County, Inc., $1,200, to help get homeless persons off the streets in Van Wert County.<\/li>
  • Van Wert Middle School, $600, to purchase supplies for their Makerspace area.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Thanks to the 90 percent of members who round up their electric bill and donate to this fund, Midwest Electric has provided $1,361,479 to 1,166 local charitable causes since the fund\u2019s inception in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Midwest Electric Community Connection Fund is a voluntary charitable program. Participating members monthly electric bills are rounded up to the next dollar, with the additional pennies deposited in the fund. A board of trustees, composed of nine cooperative members and separate from the Midwest Electric Board of Trustees, oversee the application and allocation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    Here is the full list of the latest CCF grant recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Silver Birch Foundation to support older adults who are victims of elder abuse – $500.<\/li>
    • American Township Fire Department for portable MARCS radios – $1,000.<\/li>
    • Allen County Sheriff’s Posse to purchase gas masks and tasers – $1,000.<\/li>
    • Children’s Developmental Center of Lima to purchase classroom supplies – $700.<\/li>
    • Auglaize County ESC to purchase classroom products for special needs children – $400.<\/li>
    • Wapakoneta High School Post Prom to provide a safe post prom celebration – $200.<\/li>
    • First on the Moon, Inc. to purchase a full-color interpretive panel highlighting chapters of Neil Armstrong’s life – $775.<\/li>
    • St. Marys Intermediate School to purchase reading books for ELA students – $1,000.<\/li>
    • St. Marys Area Community Band to support their Sousa Concert – $400.<\/li>
    • St. Marys Primary School to purchase iPads, cases, and apps for kindergarten classrooms – $400.<\/li>
    • St. Marys Band Parents Organization to purchase new band uniforms – $550.<\/li>
    • Foundations Behavioral Health Services to support their Y2Y Retreat – $1000.<\/li>
    • Mendon-Union Alumni Association to purchase a \u201cWelcome\u201d sign for the village of Mendon – $750.<\/li>
    • Mercer County Educational Service Center to support a wellness program for teachers and students – $200.<\/li>
    • Lincolnview Bible Board to take Lincolnview 6th graders to the Ark Encounter – $1,000.<\/li>
    • Van Wert County Humane Society to help control the cat population – $1,000.<\/li>
    • CHP Home Care & Hospice to purchase AED\u2019s for the adult care program – $1,500.<\/li>
    • Off the Streets Van Wert County, Inc. to help get homeless persons off the streets in Van Wert County – $1,200.<\/li>
    • Van Wert Middle School to purchase supplies for their Makerspace area – $600.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Based in St. Marys, Midwest Electric is the not-for-profit, customer-owned electric cooperative serving 11,000 homes, farms, and businesses in Allen, Auglaize, Mercer, Van Wert, Shelby, Putnam, and Darke counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      VW independent staff\/submitted information ST MARYS — Midwest Electric recently donated $14,175 to 19 local and area charities and community projects through the cooperative\u2019s Community Connection Fund. Local receipients on the list include: Lincolnview Bible Board, $1,000, to take Lincolnview sixth graders to the Ark Encounter. Van Wert County Humane Society, $1,000, to help control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 10:33:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175775,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175735\/revisions\/175775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}