north arkansas electric cooperative
20 graduates to receive Round Up scholarships
SMALL CHANGE, BIG IMPACT — Help your community by joining Operation Round Up! Enroll by filling out the form at naeci.com/ operation-round-up, calling NAEC at 870-895-3221 or mentioning it while in the drive-through. The donation averages $6 a year.
Kally Benedict Cotter High School
Lindsey Browning Viola High School
Daxton Hickman Mountain Home H.S.
Addison McIntosh Highland High School
Jonathan Schaufler Salem High School
Gage Slaughter Mountain Home H.S.
Help beat the peak Members can help keep NAEC’s wholesale power costs down by limiting non-essential electricity usage during the hottest part of the day. Learn more at naeci.com/peak. 22
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NAEC’s Operation Round Up® program awarded a $1,000 scholarship to each of 20 recent high school graduates for the 2021-2022 school year. Members can help fund future scholarships by enrolling their account or accounts in Operation Round Up. Participants agree to have their monthly electric bill “rounded up” to the nearest dollar. For example, a bill of $85.60 would become $86. Donations are placed in a trust and administered by a fivemember independent board of community leaders. The volunteer board evaluates all requests and determines how Operation Round Up funds are distributed. Since its inception, more than $190,000 in college scholarships, grants to community organizations and disaster relief has been awarded. In June, the board awarded $1,000 to United Way of North Central Arkansas. The donation will help get books to children from birth to age five in Izard, Sharp and Stone counties who participate in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. The board also awarded $550 to the Salem Fire Department. The donation will help purchase an automated external defibrillator, which is used when someone experiences sudden cardiac arrest. The application for a donation is available for organizations to download at naeci.com/operation-round-up.