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Sioux Valley Energy Operation Round Up program surpasses $2M milestone

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Sioux Valley Energy Operation Round Up program surpasses $2M milestone
Representatives of Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Round Up® program visited the future site of the Child’s Remembrance Garden (CRG) in Luverne, Minnesota, to present a $3,000 contribution to the project. The grant marked $2 million in donations provided by Sioux Valley Energy members and employees to local organizations. Pictured left to right are CRG members Monica Facile, Lisa Dinger and Pat Saum, ORU trustees Dan LaRock and Greg Benda, CRG member Mary Thompson and Sioux Valley Energy’s Lori George. /Sioux Valley Energy

Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Round Up program has given out more than two-million dollars to support worthy causes in its members’ communities.  The program recently surpassed the two-million dollar milestone as it awarded grants in December.

Operation Round Up funds come from Sioux Valley Energy members who round up their electric bill to the next highest dollar and employees who donate from their paycheck.  Approximately eighty-five percent of Sioux Valley Energy members and nearly ninety percent of employees contribute.  

The region served by Operation Round Up includes the seven-county Sioux Valley Energy service area, which includes Brookings, Lake, Moody, Minnehaha, and Kingsbury counties in South Dakota and Rock and Pipestone counties in Minnesota. 

More than 20 grants were awarded this month to a number of area organizations, including East Dakota Transit, Lake County 4-H Leaders, and the Flandreau After Prom organization.  Chester Area School and the Chester Area School Fellowship of Christian Athletes also received Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Round Up grants, as well as the ORR Boys basketball Class of 2028 and girls basketball Class of 2030.  

Additional ORU grants were awarded to the following organizations in December:

  • Bishop Dudley Hospitality House (Minnehaha)
  • Brookings County Historical Society (Brookings, Lake, Moody, & Minnehaha)
  • Character on Track (All SD counties)
  • Chester Area School (Brookings, Lake, Moody, & Minnehaha)
  • Chester Area School Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Brookings, Lake, Minnehaha & Moody)
  • Child’s Remembrance Garden-Luverne Area Community Foundation (Pipestone & Rock)
  • Christ Lutheran Church Daycare (Minnehaha)
  • East Dakota Transit (Lake)
  • ELC-Pipestone (Educational Learning Center) (Brookings & Pipestone)
  • Flandreau After Prom Organization (Moody)
  • Generations, Inc. (Pipestone & Rock)
  • Jasper Community Ambulance (Pipestone & Rock)
  • Lake County 4-H Leaders (Lake, Minnehaha & Moody)
  • ORR Boys Basketball-Class of 2028 (Lake & Moody)
  • ORR Girls Basketball-Class of 2030 (Lake & Moody)
  • Pipestone County Historical Society (Pipestone)
  • Pipestone Hiawatha Park Commission, Lights at the Lodge Event (Pipestone)
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of SD, Inc (All counties)
  • Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation (Minnehaha)
  • South Dakota Youth Foundation, Inc (Brookings & Minnehaha)
  • S.T.A.R.S.-Brookings Interagency Council (Brookings)

 

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