{"id":181334,"date":"2024-07-12T21:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T02:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=181334"},"modified":"2024-07-15T03:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T08:48:45","slug":"local-area-organizations-receive-rounded-up-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/07\/12\/local-area-organizations-receive-rounded-up-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizations receive rounded up donations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ST. MARYS &#8212; Midwest Electric&nbsp;recently donated $15,475 to 17 west-central Ohio charities and community projects, including one in Van Wert, through the cooperative\u2019s&nbsp;Community Connection Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the 90 percent of members who round up their electric bill and donate to this fund, Midwest Electric has provided $1,376,954 to 1,183 local charitable causes since 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Midwest-YMCA-donation-7-12-2024-e1721033293390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181336\"\/><figcaption>The YMCA of Van Wert County received $500 to purchase life jackets for the YMCA aquapark. Pictured left to right are Kevin Morrison, Amy Grime, and CCF Trustee Jeremy Monroe. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest CCF grant recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Village of Cridersville: $1,000 to fund a handicapped push button door opener at their municipal building.<\/li><li>Cridersville Police Department: $800 to purchase a video surveillance system.<\/li><li>St. Paul United Church of Christ Food Ministries: $750 to fund the monthly community fellowship dinner.<\/li><li>Generations of Love: $1,125 to support children and adults involved in the welfare system.<\/li><li>Friends of St. Marys Theater: $1,000 to purchase a security system.<\/li><li>St. Marys Middle School: $1,000 to purchase reading books.<\/li><li>SART Cat Adoption and Rescue: $500 to support the spay and neuter program.<\/li><li>Parkway Preschool: $750 to redo the playground.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shanes Crossing Historical Society: $750 to restore the historic log house at Shanes Park.<\/li><li>Bridges to Healing: $1,000 to provide accessible mental health support.<\/li><li>VentureLinx: $1,000 to repair\/replace their box truck.<\/li><li>The YMCA of Van Wert County: $500 to purchase life jackets for the YMCA aquapark.<\/li><li>Spencerville Police Department: $750 to purchase a Lidar radar detector.<\/li><li>Branches, LLC: $1,000 to assist low-income, low-resource individuals navigate through the social security system.<\/li><li>Autism Life Center: $800 to purchase sensory and adaptive equipment for autistic children and adults.<\/li><li>Crossroads Crisis Center: $2,000 to assist survivors of domestic violence.<\/li><li>SAFY of Ohio: $750 to provide meals and purchase hygiene products for youth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Midwest Electric Community Connection Fund is a voluntary charitable program.&nbsp; Participating members monthly electric bills are rounded up to the next dollar, with the additional pennies deposited in the Fund.&nbsp; 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<p>Individuals or organizations can obtain an application by contacting Midwest Electric at 1.800.962.3830 or visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/midwestrec.com\/community-connection-fund\">midwestrec.com\/community-connection-fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information ST. MARYS &#8212; Midwest Electric&nbsp;recently donated $15,475 to 17 west-central Ohio charities and community projects, including one in Van Wert, through the cooperative\u2019s&nbsp;Community Connection Fund. Thanks to the 90 percent of members who round up their electric bill and donate to this fund, Midwest Electric has provided $1,376,954 to 1,183 local [&hellip;]<\/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-181334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 04:02:17","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\/181334","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=181334"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181388,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181334\/revisions\/181388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}