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The Cuivre River Electric Community Trust Board met in August and awarded $29,100 in grants funded through Operation Round Up. Health grants were awarded to 16 individuals/families from Foley, Lake Saint Louis, Moscow Mills, O’Fallon, St. Charles, Troy, Wentzville, and Warrenton, including support for a family whose home needed emergency repairs to ensure they had power, and helping a family with a disabled child with the purchase of a walk-in bathtub.

Community organizations that received grants included:

  • Bread for Life Food Pantry — $1,000 to help stock the organization’s shelves with food to serve those in need.
  • Youth in Need — $1,000 to support the organization’s emergency sheltering for homeless youth.
  • Oasis Food Pantry — $2,500 to help fund the organization’s summer food program for kids in need.
  • Great Rivers Crisis Intervention Team Council — $2,500 to support training for first responders centered on behavioral health education and de-escalation skills.
  • Good Shepherd Children and Family Services — $1,000 to support their program that provides shelter, support, and treatment for pregnant and/or parenting teens and their children.
  • Pursuit 3416 — $1,000 for the purchase of materials for their training program, which educates both youth and adults to prevent sexual exploitation and stop predators from reaching youth in our community.  
  • Food Outreach — $2,500 to support the delivery of meals to underserved families affected by HIV and cancer.
  • North Point Middle School (Bright Future Grant) — $400 to fund supplies for the school’s outdoor pursuits program.
  • Warrenton Lions Club — $2,500 to help fund repairs to the organization’s building following vandalism earlier this year. 
  • Bethel Hills — $4,000 to support enhancing the accessibility and functionality of a pavilion of this non-profit organization that serves developmentally disabled individuals.

We are grateful to our members who participate in the Operation Round Up program! Your generous support helps us to help those in need in the communities we serve.