February 2006

Round Up Touches Entire Area

From Lawrenceville to Loganville to Monroe to Athens, contributions from Walton EMC's Operation Round Up help people all across our ten-county territory.

In its ninth year, Round Up has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars. And it's all collected 50 cents at a time.

That's right–combining the giving power of 41,000 Walton EMC customer-owners takes pocket change and makes miracles.

Here are the latest beneficiaries of your generosity:

Loganville Middle School–$671.96 to purchase a washer and dryer for the special education department. Students will use the appliances to learn to wash and dry their own clothes.

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation–$2,500 for Camp Oasis.  Camp Oasis is for children with irritable bowel diseases. It lets them be in an environment where they can learn from and support each other.

Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry–$5,000 for their emergency medication program.

Gwinnett Community Clinic–$5,000 for the patient medicine and representative program that provides services for those who have no health insurance and who can't afford traditional medical care.

Housing and Economic Leadership Partners (HELP)–$5,000 to counsel and help individuals with housing decisions.

Food Bank of Northeast Georgia–$5,000 for their mobile pantry program that distributes large quantity items to low-income families.

Walton County Chapter of the American Red Cross–$3,000 for their Youth Education Project. This project provides summer camps, first aid training, disaster preparedness training and community leadership training for young people.

Georgia Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic–$6,288 to record three textbooks. This group provides educational materials in an audio format for individuals who are unable to read due to visual impairment, learning disability or physical disability.

Nine Community Families with special or emergency needs also received assistance.

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