More than $15,000 awarded in Operation Round Up grants

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Posted on Jan 28 2025 in Boone REMC

Boone REMC’s Operation Round Up board of trustees recently awarded more than $15,000 in grants for community projects. 

Hoosier Heritage Quilt Guild received $1,784.49 to make and donate 100 fleece blankets for the Packing Hope project.

New Brunswick Church of Christ was awarded $3,022.43 to purchase a defibrillator. 

Special Olympics of Boone County received $7,500 to help fund its Summer Games.

WAVE (We All Value Each-other) of Thorntown was awarded $3,131.21 to purchase security cameras. 

Operation Round Up is a voluntary program for which Boone REMC members allow their electric bills to be rounded up to the next whole dollar. Those extra cents are put into an independent 501(c)3 trust and disbursed through a grant process. An independent board of trustees reviews grant requests on a quarterly basis.   

Since Operation Round Up’s inception locally in 2006, more than $1 million has been donated in grants to support community projects.

2025 Grant Application Deadlines

Non-profit organizations can apply for funding at bremc.com/operation-round-up-grants. The board of trustees meets four times per year to review grant requests. All applications need to be submitted via the online form. 

Application deadlines are:
• Feb. 15
• May 15
• Aug. 15
• Nov. 15