(SUMMERDALE, Ala.) – The Baldwin County Electric Membership Charitable Foundation recently awarded grants to multiple local nonprofit organizations to support a variety of community-focused programs:

• Liberty Learning Foundation – To support the foundation’s civic and character development programs for local elementary schools.
• American Cancer Society – To help cover the cost of residency at “Hope Lodge” for Baldwin County residents undergoing out-of-town cancer treatment.
• South Baldwin Literacy Council – To help fund G.E.D. testing and literacy program materials for clients in Baldwin County.
• Women’s Health Center – To support the purchase of educational and patient screening equipment for uninsured and underinsured pregnant women and their families in Baldwin County.
• Big Brothers, Big Sisters – To support the organization’s “Baldwin County Big Futures” mentorship program.
• The Hope Center – To support the purchase of medical and dental supplies for treating uninsured and underinsured residents of Baldwin County.
• Youth Reach Gulf Coast – To help fund program costs for the residential ministry helping at-risk young men.

Since 2004, Baldwin EMC’s Operation Round Up program has collected money for charitable causes by rounding up participating members’ electric bills to the next highest dollar amount. The extra change is then used to fund grants. To date, the program has distributed more than $7.3 million in grants to local agencies and individuals in need. Grants must meet one of six qualifying categories: food, clothing, shelter, health, environment, and education.

For more information on Operation Round Up visit baldwinemc.com.

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Baldwin EMC is a member-owned electric cooperative serving more than 93,000 accounts in Baldwin and Monroe Counties in southwest Alabama, including Alabama’s Gulf Coast. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) Jennie Smallwood, Craig Jackson, David Combs, Albert Lipscomb, Debbie Kline and (front row, left to right) Dawn Gentry, Clara Myers and Bonnie Schell, recently presented a grant to Ryan Foster, Vice President of Regional Development for Liberty Learning Foundation (center, holding check).

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) Jennie Smallwood, Craig Jackson, David Combs, Albert Lipscomb, Debbie Kline and (front row, left to right) Dawn Gentry, Clara Myers and Bonnie Schell, recently presented a grant to Hannah Birchfield, Senior Corporate Relations Manager for the American Cancer Society’s South Region (center, holding check).

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) Jennie Smallwood, Craig Jackson, David Combs, Albert Lipscomb, Debbie Kline and (front row, left to right) Dawn Gentry, Clara Myers and Bonnie Schell, recently presented a grant to Taylor Johns, Executive Director of the South Baldwin Literacy Council (center, holding check).

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) Jennie Smallwood, Craig Jackson, David Combs, Albert Lipscomb, Debbie Kline and (front row, left to right) Dawn Gentry, Clara Myers and Bonnie Schell, recently presented a grant to Sheri Sims, Executive Director of the Women’s Health Center (center, holding check).

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) David Combs, Bonnie Schell, Clara Myers, Craig Jackson, Ashley Kucera and (front row left to right) Jennie Smallwood and Debbie Kline, recently presented a grant to Gale Croft, School-Based Match Specialist for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast (center, holding check).

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) David Combs, Bonnie Schell, Clara Myers, Craig Jackson, Ashley Kucera and (front row left to right) Jennie Smallwood and Debbie Kline, recently presented a grant to Kaitlyn Mertz, Administrator for The Hope Center (center, holding check).

Cutline: Baldwin EMC Charitable Foundation Board Members (back row, left to right) David Combs, Debbie Kline, Clara Myers, Craig Jackson, Jennie Smallwood, Ashley Kucera and Bonnie Schell recently presented a grant to David Williams, Youth Reach Gulf Coast Director, along with ranchers Will, Ryland, Haven, Owen and Wyatt.