Neighbors Helping Neighbors
One of the founding principles of your electric co-op was neighbors helping neighbors. Our cooperative is in touch with the communities we serve. Our directors and employees live in these communities. That's why we work hard to achieve a better quality of life for our member-owners. In that spirit Operation Round Up was launched.
Operation Round Up is a program designed to raise funds for charitable organizations, individuals in need and educational purposes. As the name suggests participating members bills are rounded up to the nearest dollar. On average the annual donation will be around $6. One hundred percent of the money is given to local concerns with no funds used for electric bills, administrative costs, or political purposes. A simple application to the independent board overseeing the Operation Round Up is all that is needed to apply for funds. Please see below for an application.
Collectively and for just pennies a month we can make a difference in our communities!
Guideline-given to co-op members that are experiencing a hardship causing family financial strain. Hardship causes include a family member medical condition, a death in the family, or displacment from their home caused by fire or other means. Unemployment, unless caused by one of the before mentioned causes, would not qualify as a hardship.
Operation Round Up Trust Board Members
Mark Foresth - Chairperson - representing the townships of Iola, Helvetia, and Union
Tammy Meverden - Vice Chairperson - Representing the townships of Norrie, Birnamwood, Elderon, and Wittenberg
Rita Beker - Secretary - Representing the townships of Kronenwetter, Reid, Knowlton, Guenther, and Bevent
Sheri Beilke - Treasurer - representing the townships of Hutchins, Almon, Bartelme, and Red Springs
Jeanne Opperman - representing the townships of Harrison, Wyoming, and Dupont
Kevin Mueller - Representing the townships of Morris, Seneca, Germania, Fairbanks, and Grant
Caitlin Fischer - Representing the townships of Amherst, Scandinavia, St. Lawrence, Lanark, and Farmington
Bonnie Ziolkowski - Representing the townships of Dewey-Eau Pleine, Dewey, Sharon, Hull, and Sharon-Stockton
Jordan Groshek - representing the townships of Franzen, Alban, and New Hope
2025 Operation Round Up Donation Recipients
1st QUARTER:
- $1,000 – Individual Medical Hardship donation.
- $1,000 – Bowler Area Fire District to help with the purchase of four new firefighter suits.
- $500 – Great Matton Area Museum Historical Society, Inc. to help purchase materials and supplies to build a replica of the Train Depot Building that once exited years ago.
- $500 – Shepard’s Watch Community Center Food Pantry-Bowler and Mattoon areas to help their food pantry like we have done for the other food pantries in our service area.
- $500 – Tigerton Main Street Inc. to help with their Main Street Program.
- $500 – Iola Historical Society to help with five projects with high priority and demand at the facility.
- $250 – Waupaca County Suicide Prevention Coalition to help with supplies for their January event.
- $250 – Birnamwood Polka Days to help with start-up expenses for their June Polka Days event.
- $250 – The American Legion Sheveland-Taylor Post 14-Iola to help with the cost for a bench honoring Lyle Mork for all of his dedication to Veterans Memorial Park.
- $250 – Wittenberg Area Historical Society to help with their fundraiser event to kick off the Capital Campaign for a Historical Museum expansion.
2nd QUARTER:
- $4,000 – Four Individual Medical Hardship donations of $1,000 each.
- $1,000 – Iola Fire Department.
- $500 – Rosholt Area Youth Football and Cheer to help with the purchase of new safety equipment.
- $300 – Tigerton School District-Thundercatz Football to help with purchasing four new tackling dummies.
- $300 – Jensen Community Center to sponsor a Youth Soccer team’s shirt.
- $250 – Iola Lions Club Post Prom to help with their 29th Annual Iola-Scandinavia Post Prom Party.
- $250 – Bowler School District, High School Class of 2025 Grad Party to help with their High School Class of 2025 graduation party.
- $250 – Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School Fishing Club to help with the costs associated with launching the new club and getting the necessary equipment.
- $250 – Tigerton 4K/K Swimming Fund-Tigerton School District to help with busing the students to the Wittenberg pool for their monthly swimming trip.
