Operation Round Up News: December 2025
Whitewater Valley REMC’s Operation Round Up awarded $11,932 to 16 community organizations in the second half of 2025.
THE FOLLOWING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED GRANTS:
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Abington Township Volunteer Fire Department
$2,000 | CPR/First Aid manakin set
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College Corner Union Elementary School PTO
$500 | Tutoring program
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Communities in Schools of Wayne County
$500 | Program expenses
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Cope Environmental Center
$250 | Instructor fees for educational workshops
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Dublin Community Club
$500 | Vape detectors
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East Central Indiana Recycling and Reuse Hub
$1,500 | Promotional materials and expenses, an office/volunteer room, website
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Everton Volunteer Fire Department
$1,000 | Custom covers for equipment on trucks
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Friends of Union County Public Library
$500 | Healthy snacks and food during school breaks
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Love Makes Cent$
$500 | Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site
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Richmond Adult Education
$500 | Events to support GED programs
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Scouting America Troop 45
$1,000 | Summer camp
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Union County Sheriff’s Office
$1,000 | New radios
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Union County Soil and Water Conservation District
$250 | Aluminum can crusher
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VFW Auxiliary Post 2014
$500 | Thanksgiving dinner for veterans of Franklin County
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Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District
$1,200 | Conservation days
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Winter Wonderland, Town of Brookville
$232 | Christmas lights
A few cents can really make a big difference. If you’d like to support local organizations in your community, you can now sign up directly on our website to participate. Our Operation Round Up Fall campaign is ongoing until the end of December. Sign up by Dec. 31 for a chance to win an electric snow blower! Also, please note that the next deadline for ORU applications is Jan. 12, 2026.