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   The Crow Wing Power Community Trust Board met for their third quarter meeting in July and distributed $54,000 to local community programs. Operation Round-Up funds were distributed to the following projects:

   $3,000 to Lakes Area Restorative Justice; $3,000 to Relationship Safety Alliance; $3,000 for LSS meals; $500 each to Crosslake Quilters and Patchwork Pals; $3,000 to Kinship of Morrison County and $5,000 to Brainerd Kinship; $2,000 to Let’s Go Fishing, Brainerd; $3,000 for Second Harvest Child Hunger Program; $2,000 to Lakes Area Chaplaincy; $3,000 for Pohl’s Children Foundation; $3,500 for Emily Care N’ Share Café; $3,000 to the Merrifield St. Vincent DePaul; $3,000 to The Warehouse; $3,500 to Mounted Eagles; $1,500 to Brainerd Nordic Ski Club; $2,500 for Northern Pines; $3,500 to True Friends; $1,500 to Parker Scout Camp; $1,500 to Legacy Chorale and $1,000 for the CLC Foundation.  

   Since Operation Round-Up’s inception in late 1996, more than $4.5 million has been donated to community projects and programs in Cass, Crow Wing and Morrison counties. Operation Round Up is funded by participating members of Crow Wing Power who allow the cooperative to round up their electric bills to the nearest whole dollar, an average of fifty cents a month.  The additional change is pooled and distributed quarterly.  

   The next quarterly meeting is scheduled for October 26. Grant forms can be obtained by calling Crow Wing Power at 829-2827 or 1-800-648-9401 or at  HYPERLINK “http://www.cwpower.com” www.cwpower.com.  The next deadline for grant applications is October 1, 2023.

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