Georgia Magazine - September 2022 - 14

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News from Georgia's electric co-ops * Compiled by Amy Schneider
GreyStone Power gives children
access to books
T
hanks in part to an Operation Round Up donation
from the GreyStone Power Corp. Foundation in
Hiram, the Cobb Collaborative achieved its goal of
installing 21 Little Free Libraries in Cobb County in 2021.
The final three of the 21 libraries were installed in December.
The foundation donated $2,850 to the Cobb
Collaborative in July 2021, which was used to construct
and install five Little Free Libraries in the cooperative's
service territory and stock the libraries with " starter books "
for children in English and Spanish.
The Cobb Collaborative Little Free Libraries were placed
in areas where children are living in poverty, with a goal of
giving them access to books that will help them develop a
love of reading and give them a better opportunity to
succeed in school. (For more information about Little
Free Libraries, see " Share a story! " in Georgia Magazine's
December 2016 issue at bit.ly/gm1216lfl.)
GreyStone has continued its support of the Cobb
Collaborative's ongoing work to install Little Free Libraries
this year. A library supported by the co-op was dedicated at
Pine Street Park in Austell on July 1.
In Operation Round Up, members opt to round their
monthly bills to the next dollar, and the difference goes into
a fund that supports local charitable causes.
Celebrating the installation of a Little Free Library at the South Cobb
Early Learning Center in Mableton are, from left, Deputy Omar
Newell, a member of the Cobb County Sheriff 's Offi ce community
engagement team; Will Carter, trustee chairman at St. Luke United
Methodist Church in Mableton; Tresa Snow, then-director of the South
Cobb Early Learning Center; and Carlos Garcia, Hispanic liaison for
the Cobb County Sheriff 's Offi ce community engagement team.
A donation from GreyStone Power Corp. enabled the Cobb
Collaborative to install fi ve Little Free Libraries last year.
Jefferson Energy Cooperative
takes youths to Georgia capital
A
From left, Selena Landaverde, Isabella Ledford, Kendal
Cofer and Jacob Perry enjoy a visit to the Georgia state
Capitol during Jeff erson Energy Cooperative's Georgia
Youth Tour on June 27.
14 Georgia Magazine September 2022
fter a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, the Washington
Youth Tour took place again this summer, and many Georgia
cooperatives sent student delegates on the educational and
leadership-building experience in Washington, D.C. Jefferson Energy
Cooperative in Wrens offered a different opportunity to four students in
its service territory: the Georgia Youth Tour.
Isabella Ledford of Thomson High School, Jacob Perry of Harlem
High School, Kendal Cofer of Hephzibah High School and Selena
Landaverde of Jefferson County High School accompanied chaperones
from Jefferson Energy on a June 27 trip to Atlanta, where they visited the
state Capitol, the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium.
At the Capitol, the rising seniors heard about the important roles
that electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) play in the state from
Alyse Murray of Tucker-based Georgia EMC. A historian from the
University of Georgia in Athens shared information about state history as
they toured the building and got a chance to sit in the Senate chambers.
The trips to the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium,
while fun, also were educational. The students learned about how
TAMIKA LAMPKIN / JEFFERSON ENERGY COOPERATIVE
COURTESY COBB COLLABORATIVE
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