The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $86,200 in grants for organizations during its recent meeting, including $50,000 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
Those grants were:
• $20,000 to Hi-Hope Service Center, Lawrenceville, to help fund part-time nursing and nutrition services for 20 Gwinnett County residents with developmental disabilities who require onsite nursing care for services, such as daily medication, insulin, blood checks and specialized medical treatment.
• $15,000 to Gwinnett-Walton Habitat for Humanity, to provide a HVAC unit, interior trim, doors, cabinets, flooring and vanities for house #154 in Gwinnett County.
• $10,000 to My Sister’s Place Inc., a shelter for homeless women and children serving all counties in the Jackson EMC service area, for its residence assistance program.
• $5,000 to Just People Inc., Norcross, for its financial assistance program serving adults with developmental disabilities in Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson counties.
Jackson EMC Foundation grants are made possible by the 209,979 participating cooperative members who have their monthly electric bills rounded to the next dollar amount through the Operation Round Up program. Their “spare change” has funded 1,837 grants to organizations and 421 grants to individuals, putting more than $19.2 million back into local communities since the program began in 2005.
Any individual or charitable organization in the 10 counties served by Jackson EMC (Clarke,…
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