Pictured Left to Right: Chris Fader (Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Ruth Gerding (Putnam County Farm Safety), Ned Sielscott (Big Brother & Big Sister), Molly Hag (Big Brother & Big Sister), Kayla Bagley (Antwerp Local Schools), Fred Pieper (Paulding County Amateur Radio Club), Sarah Adams (Southeast Indiana Cornerstone Youth Center), Bob Yager (Operation Round Up President), and Patrick Troyer (Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District).
Members of Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op recently donated over $11,500 to several local organizations through the cooperative’s Operation Round Up.
Operation Round Up is a program that allows members to round their monthly electric bill up to the next dollar. The extra pennies added to Operation Round Up are used to help fund local organizations or charities.
Since Operation Round Up began in 2010, it has provided funds to 124 organizations in Indiana and Ohio giving over $360,361 since the beginning. The most recent recipients are Putnam County Farm Safety, Big Brother & Big Sister, Paulding County Amateur Radio Club, Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District, Antwerp Local Schools, Niswonger Performing Arts Center and Southeast Indiana Cornerstone Youth Center. A Board of Trustees, composed of cooperative members, oversees the application process. This board is a separate Board of Trustees from the Paulding Putnam Electric Board of Trustees.
Non-profit or organizations can apply for Operation Round Up by contacting Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op at 1-800-686-2357 or visiting their website www.ppec.coop.
