The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has presented the Grundy County R-5 Elementary School with a grant for $600 to purchase Chromebooks. Foundation Trustee Larry May, left, presented the check to elementary Principal Dr. Anne Billington.
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The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded a grant to the Trenton R-9 School District for $500 to purchase Breakout Kits. TMS/THS Librarian E’Lisha Gass, left, accepted the check from Foundation Trustee Peggy Boulware, center. Also pictured is Assistant Principal Kasey Bailey.
The GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has presented the Pleasant View R-6 School with a grant for $509 to purchase a kitchen set for preschool. Foundation Trustee Peggy Boulware, left, presented the check to teacher Janet Lake.
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met Jan. 22 and awarded 15 grants totaling $6,276.
All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round-Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities.
Education grants were awarded to Princeton R-5 Elementary School, Princeton; North Mercer R-3 High School, Mercer; South Harrison elementary and middle schools, Bethany; North Harrison elementary and high schools, Eagleville; Gilman City R-4 School District, Gilman City; Ridgeway R-5 School District, Ridgeway; Trenton R-9 School District, Trenton; Pleasant View R-6 Elementary School, Trenton; and Grundy County R-5 Elementary School, Humphreys. Rural development grants were also awarded to American Legion Post 216 at Bethany and Sullivan County Exposition Center at Milan.
Since 2005, the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. has awarded 590 grants totaling $357,352.62 to deserving schools and community organizations. The Foundation assists qualifying schools and organizations with grant monies for education, health and rural development. This area is within Grundy Electric Cooperative’s 12-county service area, which includes Harrison, Mercer and Grundy counties and portions of Linn, Livingston, Daviess, Gentry, Putnam and Sullivan counties in Missouri and portions of Ringgold, Wayne and Decatur counties in Iowa.
The next grant application deadline is April 1. Qualified applicants must be a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization or other eligible entity and may apply for a grant by completing a grant application with supporting information. Grant applications are available at www.grundyec.com or by calling Grundy Electric Cooperative at 1-800-279-2249, ext. 23 or 33.
