Operation Round Up

Money contributed to Operation Round Up (ORU) is administered by a tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation called the Minnesota Valley Electric Trust. The Trust is a separate organization from MVEC and is governed by a nine-person, volunteer Board of Directors.

Contributions will generally be made to 501(c)3 organizations whose activities benefit members of the MVEC service area in the following categories:

• community service
• economic development
• education and youth
• environment
• emergency energy assistance
• disaster relief

Contributions are generally not made for:

• lobbying, political and religious organizations
• veteran, fraternal and labor organizations
• fundraising dinners or raffles
• national fund drives

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3rd Quarter 2017 Funds Distribution

• Angel Foundation of Mendota Heights – $2,000 for assistance to patients
• Belle Plaine Food Shelf – $500 for food
• Green Isle Lions – $2,000 for school supplies and community meal
• Hamburg Fire Department – $1,500 for nozzles and hoses
• Heidelberg Athletics – $1,500 for restroom updates
• Hope United Grief Group of Le Center – $2,000 for grief seminar
• LeCenter Ambulance – $2,000 for tourniquet kits
• Le Sueur Backpack Nutrition – $500 for food
• New Options of Shakopee – $598 for employment room
• New Prague Super Mileage Club – $1,000 for club support
• Oak Crest Elementary of Belle Plaine – $1,000 for kindness retreat
• P.L.A.Y. of Prior Lake – $2,398 for defibrillator devices
• P.R.O.P. of Chanhassen – $1,000 for food shelf delivery van
• RELATE of Minnetonka – $1,500 for teen drug intervention
• Scott Carver CAP Agency – $2,500 for crisis nursery training
• Scott County Historical Society – $500 for archival tools
• Scott County SWCD – $1,000 for outdoor education supplies
• Shakopee Area Crime Prevention – $3,000 for recovering addict program
• Sibley County FoodShare – $500 for food
• TreeHouse of Chaska – $2,500 for transportation

TOTAL THIRD QUARTER DISTRIBUTION $29,996