November 2006

Round Up Helps Wishes Come True

Coins tossed in a wishing well probably won’t make wishes come true.

Those same coins tossed to Operation Round Up definitely make wishes of those in need come true.

Operation Round Up, through your generosity, continues to help your neighbors. When thousands of Walton EMC customer-owners give the average of only two wishing well pitches a month, the giving power quickly compounds.

Here are the latest donations:

• Barrow County Habitat for Humanity–$2,000 for Building a Better Barrow, a program designed to eliminate substandard housing. The money will be used to help pay for replacement windows and upgrades in plumbing, electrical, heating and air and septic systems.
• The Loganville Police Department–$4,500 to support the D.A.R.E. program. The program gives children the skills necessary to recognize and resist the pressure to become involved in drugs, gang activity or violent crimes.
• The Athens-Oconee CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)–$6,000 to assist with their advocacy program. This program supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.
• The volunteer Round Up board also voted to assist five families in need.

Making wishes come true through Round Up is easy. Initial the bill space on your electric stub or e-mail us.

Learn more by watching the Operation Round Up video.

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