The Cuivre River Electric Community Trust Board met in October and awarded $30,401 in grants funded through Operation Round Up. Health grants were awarded to seven individuals/families from Dardenne Prairie, Elsberry, Lake Saint Louis, O’Fallon, Troy, Warrenton, and Wentzville, including support for a bathroom renovation to accommodate the needs of a disabled man and assistance with medical expenses for a disabled man battling cancer. A weatherization grant was awarded to a retired woman in need of replacement windows.

Community organizations that received grants included: 
•    Christmas Day Dinner — $2,000 to fund dine-in and delivery of Christmas dinners for community members in need. 
•    New Salem Baptist Church — $2,000 to fund the purchase of paper and hygiene products for families in need.
•    Bowling Green Middle School — $1,000 to help support their Veterans Day celebration luncheon with local veterans with students.
•    St. Clement School — $801 to support the funding of security cameras at the facility.
•    New Melle Fire Protection District — $2,500 to help with purchasing a thermal imaging camera, which assists firefighters in locating victims through smoke and/or in the dark.
•    Operation Backpack/Wentzville United Methodist Church — $1,500 for helping the church’s ministry purchase food for their backpack program for low-income/in need students.  
•    Stingray Transit Lines — $5,000 to support the organization’s program that provides transportation relief for Boone Center Inc. families.
•    Wright City Parks Foundation — $1,000 to support funding for the Foundation’s batting cage facility.
•    Missouri Hills Apartments — $5,000 to support the repaving of the parking lot at this senior/low-income housing development.

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.