Georgia Magazine - March 2018 - 14

NEWS FROM GEORGIA'S ELECTRIC CO-OPS COMPILED BY AMY SCHNEIDER

COURTESY TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

* Season of giving: The board of directors of Jefferson-based Jackson Electric
Membership Corp. (EMC) awarded more
than $72,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations during its December meeting.
Recipients included the Elachee Nature
Center in Gainesville for its educational
programs; the Eyes of Love Lighthouse
Mission in Buford, which distributes food
and clothing to those in need; Adventure
Bags in Auburn, which supports children
in shelters and group homes; and North
Georgia Interfaith Ministries in Dahlonega, which operates a transitional housing
program called Jeremiah's Place. To
date, the Jackson EMC Foundation has
awarded more than $12 million in community grants.
* Setting up camp: Jackson EMC also
recently donated $10,000 to Extra Special
People (ESP) in Watkinsville for its Camp
Hooray property. ESP serves children
and young adults with developmental
disabilities and their families through
year-round programming, family support and community involvement. Camp
Hooray one day will be the home of ESP's
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Coastal, Grady EMCs named top businesses

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wo of Georgia's electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) were
named top businesses by their local chambers of commerce in January.
Coastal Electric Cooperative in
Midway was named 2017 Business of
the Year by the Richmond Hill-Bryan
County Chamber of Commerce at the
chamber's annual dinner and banquet
on Jan. 18 at the Richmond Hill City
Center.
Coastal Electric CEO Whit Hollowell accepted the award on behalf
of the cooperative.
"I'd like to thank the chamber for
giving us this honor, our directors for
letting us do what we do in the community and particularly those 59 other
employees we have. Without them,
we couldn't do what we do," he said.
Coastal Electric received overwhelmingly positive feedback on
its response time to outages during
several major weather events, including hurricanes and winter storms,
in the last year. Members also have
praised the co-op's communication
efforts through social media and its
customer service. The co-op and its
employees are involved in many efforts to improve the community, support education and recruit new businesses to the area.

BETHANY AKRIDGE

* New wheels: The Reynolds-based Flint
Energies Foundation recently donated
$10,000 toward the purchase of a vehicle
for the Taylor County School District
Police Department. The car, which has
an acknowledgment of Flint's donation above the back bumper, was made
possible by Flint members' participation
in Operation Round Up. The program
rounds each month's bill up to the next
whole dollar, with the difference donated
to worthy causes in the local community.

Bradley Mullis, left, and Clint Durrence of
Coastal Electric Cooperative talk to students
at Joseph Martin Elementary School in Hinesville during a career day event. The cooperative's community involvement was a factor in
its being named Business of the Year.

Accepting Grady EMC's 2017 Large Business of the Year award are, from left,
Logan Gainous, dispatch; Ansley Johnson,
accounting; Adam Starr, member services;
John Long, operations manager; and Bo
Rosser, president and general manager.

Cairo-based Grady EMC was
named the 2017 Large Business of
the Year at the Cairo-Grady County
Chamber of Commerce's annual
meeting at the Grady Cultural Center
on Jan. 22.
"Heartfelt congratulations to our
Grady EMC family," said President
and General Manager Bo Rosser,
who attributed the award to "the outstanding service that this organization provides to our communities and
members,  amazing response time
during the hurricanes and storms of
2017 and commitment to serving our
members through a focus on maintaining, updating and responding to
our system."
Grady EMC's community involvement includes sponsoring students
on the annual Washington Youth
Tour leadership experience, supporting the state EMCs' Walter Harrison
Scholarship for students at higher
education institutions in Georgia,
educating children about electricity
and safety through demonstrations
at schools and participating in local
events and organizations such as the
Rattlesnake Roundup in Whigham,
career fairs, the Kiwanis Club and the
Rotary Club.

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