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Jackson EMC Foundation awards $18K to agencies serving area residents

By Staff
Posted 3:36PM on Wednesday 31st October 2012 ( 11 years ago )
JEFFERSON - The Jackson EMC Foundation, a charity funded by the donations of the cooperative's members through the Operation Round Up program, has awarded $18,500 to three agencies that provide programs or services to area residents.

*$11,000 to Gainesville Action Ministries, a network of more than 20 Hall County congregations that work to prevent homelessness by providing emergency financial, food and clothing assistance, and children's services, to help provide rent assistance, a financial workshop and GED test fees.

*$5,000 to Rock Goodbye Angel a non-profit serving Hall and Gwinnett counties to help provide a support system and peer support network for women and families who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, perinatal or neonatal death.

*$2,500 to Spirit of Joy Food Bank in Flowery Branch to purchase food for the more than 30 families they serve in an average month.

The Jackson EMC Foundation, founded in 2005, has put more than $7 million back into local communities, funding 687 grants to organizations and 246 grants to individuals. Cooperative members participating in Operation Round Up have their monthly electric bills rounded up to the next dollar amount, with the "spare change" going to the Foundation.

Any individual or charitable organization in the ten counties served by Jackson EMC (Clarke, Banks, Barrow, Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison and Oglethorpe) may apply for a Foundation grant by completing an application, available online at http://www.jacksonemc.com/foundation-guidelines or at local Jackson EMC offices. Applicants do not need to be a member of Jackson EMC.
An $11,000 grant from the Jackson EMC Foundation will help the Gainesville Action Ministries network of Hall County congregations provide rent assistance to those who need emergency financial help, as well as offer a financial workshop and fees for G

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