Operation Round Up (ORU) Grant Program

Operation Round Up (ORU) Grant Program is sponsored by North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation (administered by Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia). This program, funded by North Georgia EMC members, provides grants for charitable projects across a seven-county service area (Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield).

Members of North Georgia EMC have the opportunity to participate in Operation Round Up, an innovative program that provides funding for all kinds of worthy and charitable projects here in our community. Through Operation Round Up, NGEMC members can contribute funds to community development initiatives in Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties.

Unless you choose not to participate, your electric bill will be rounded up to the next highest dollar each month. For example, if a bill is $92. 68, it will be rounded up to $93.

00. The extra 32 cents will go into the Operation Round Up Fund. Monthly contributions can range from 1 cent to 99 cents, with most consumers averaging about 50 cents a month.

All ORU contributions are tax deductible. Choose whether you would like to participate in ORU. Open grant application time frames: Jan.

1 to the last day of February and June 1 to July 31. Grant recipients, please complete this form after you have used the grant funds provided by North Georgia EMC’s Round Up Program. Frequently Asked Questions Unless you choose to opt out, members of NGEMC are included in Operation Round Up.

Your contributions are tax-deductible and you’ll receive a summary of your contributions to your January bill. If you are not currently enrolled in Operation Round Up and would like to participate, please fill out the form under the “Opt In/Out” tab above. You may also enroll in your Operation Round Up by calling your nearest NGEMC office.

If you choose not to participate please fill out the contact form under the “Opt In/Out” link on this page. You may also discontinue your Operation Round Up contribution by calling your nearest NGEMC office. 100 percent of the contributions to Operation Round Up are awarded as grants directly benefiting residents of NGEMC’s seven-county service area.

Grants are used by local agencies committed to the following categories: helping families succeed; responding to emergencies; preparing for the future; and enriching our communities. Grants are allocated in proportion to the amount of contributions provided by the membership in each county.

Operation Round Up’s goal is to address the needs of our service area, to designate available dollars where it can optimize the impact and to provide cost-effective assistance to worthwhile organizations and projects with local significance. Who decides how funds are spent?

Operation Round Up (ORU) is administered through the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation, a state-chartered, nonprofit organization created by North Georgia EMC. Funding requests made to North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation are evaluated and awarded by a Board of Trustees made up of seven volunteer leaders from our communities. Find your current ORU Trustees under the “Trustees” tab.

As an important partner to the NGEMC Foundation, the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia, which serves all seven counties in NGEMC’s territory, is responsible for the verification of the ORU grant applications and provides professional advisors to assist the Trustees throughout the award process.

Nonprofit charitable organizations and government organizations who operate within the seven counties served by North Georgia EMC (Catoosa, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield) may apply for grants to be used for specific projects. Grant applications are available twice a year: Jan. 1 through Feb.

28; and June1 to July 31. Agencies cannot receive more than $10,000 in a 12 month period. All funds must be used within the North Georgia EMC seven-county service area.

Five volunteer members from our communities Tim Jones, Chairman, District 3 Cindy Parrott, Vice-Chairman, District 4 Mary Margaret Whittington, District 5 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $144,225 to 39 local nonprofit agencies serving residents in Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties.

Of this total, $64,075 was granted to agencies that provide hunger-relief.

Alzheimer’s Association: $2,750 Catoosa County Foster Parent Association: $3,500 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc.: $3,000 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc.: $3,850 Cross Plains Community Partner, Inc.: $2,500 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance: $2,000 Helping Hands Ending Hunger, Inc.: $1,800 Here I Am DBA “The Care Mission:” $1,300 Outer Circle Foundation: $1,775 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults: $3,000 RossWoods Adult Day Services: $2,425 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc: $2,500 Upward Life Ministries: $1,740 Woodstation Church: $5,000 Total awarded in Catoosa: $37,140 Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office: $1,000 Community Resource Center of Chattooga: $1,000 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services: $1,350 Paradise Garden Foundation: $1,000 Total awarded in Chattooga: $5,350 Atlanta Community Food Bank: $1,000 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance: $250 Outer Circle Foundation: $250 Total awarded in Floyd: $1,500 Advocates for Children, Inc.: $4,000 Alzheimer’s Association: $500 Cancer Navigators, Inc.: $250 Christian Community Outreach: $1,400 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance: $1,000 Gordon County Schools: $6,000 Helping Hands Ending Hunger, Inc.: $1,300 Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful: $3,500 Marine Toys for Tots: $1,275 New Echota Church: $1,500 Outer Circle Foundation: $1,000 RossWoods Adult Day Services: $200 Upward Life Ministries: $460 Total awarded in Gordon: $22,385 Alzheimer’s Association: $500 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Northwest Georgia Mountains: $100 Boys & Girls Clubs of North Georgia, Inc.: $1,500 Cancer Navigators, Inc.: $100 Chatsworth First Methodist Church: $5,000 Children and Families First Community Partnership for Dalton: $750 Cross Plains Community Partner, Inc.: $2,000 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance: $250 Helping Hands Ending Hunger, Inc.: $200 Marine Toys for Tots: $1,225 Outer Circle Foundation: $1,500 RossWoods Adult Day Services: $525 Varnell Church, Inc.: $1,800 Total awarded in Murray: $15,450 Alzheimer’s Association: $250 Cancer Navigators, Inc.: $650 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc.: $1,000 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc.: $750 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance: $500 Helping Hands Ending Hunger, Inc.: $2,000 Here I Am DBA “The Care Mission:” $4,500 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services: $3,550 Outer Circle Foundation: $475 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults: $1,000 RossWoods Adult Day Services: $350 The Haven – Lafayette: $3,500 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc.: $4,000 Upward Life Ministries: $2,525 Total awarded in Walker: $25,050 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Northwest Georgia Mountains: $2,900 Boys & Girls Clubs of North Georgia, Inc.: $2,500 Children and Families First Community Partnership for Dalton: $1,750 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc.: $600 Cross Plains Community Partner, Inc.: $500 Dalton Organization of Churches: $5,000 Helping Hands Ending Hunger, Inc.: $700 Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc. Northwest Georgia District: $2,500 Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center: $7,000 Pleasant Grove Methodist Church: $5,000 Prater’s Mill Foundation: $500 Varnell Church, Inc.: $5,400 Total awarded in Whitfield: $37,350 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $159,430 to 39 local nonprofit agencies serving residents in Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties.

Of this total, $61,600 was granted to agencies that provide hunger-relief.

Catoosa County Fire Department $2,000 Catoosa County Foster Parent Association $6,500 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $4,900 Children’s Advocacy Center LMJC $1,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $4,500 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc. $4,200 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $250 Here I am DBA The Care Mission $300 Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area, Inc. $1,500 LIFT Youth Center, Inc. $2,500 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services $1,500 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $2,000 Reach Out and Read Georgia $500 Ringgold United Methodist Church $5,200 Special Olympics Georgia $500 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. $2,000 Upward Life Ministries $1,250 YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga $500 Total awarded in Catoosa $41,100 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $1,100 Children’s Advocacy Center LMJC $1,000 Here I Am DBA The Care Mission $300 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services $500 Total awarded in Chattooga $5,900 Adventure Bags, Inc. $250 Advocates for Children, Inc. $200 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $200 YMCA of Rome & Floyd County $1,000 Total awarded in Floyd $1,650 Adventure Bags, Inc. $4,000 Advocates for Children, Inc. $3,000 Burn Foundation of America, Inc. $750 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $2,000 Christian Community Outreach $3,000 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $5,000 Georgia Center for Child Advocacy $1,500 Sleep in Heavenly Peace $2,500 Special Olympics Georgia $320 The Winner’s Club of Calhoun, Inc. $2,500 Total awarded in Gordon $24,570 Adventure Bags, Inc. $1,100 ALS United of Georgia, Inc. $1,500 Burn Foundation of America, Inc. $735 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $3,000 Cross Plains Community Partner, Inc. $700 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $1,000 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,000 Georgia Center for Child Advocacy $150 Latin American Association $225 Murray County Next Step $5,500 Northwest Georgia Girls Home $750 Reach Out and Read Georgia $500 RossWoods Adult Day Services $525 Special Olympics Georgia $330 Total awarded in Murray $17,215 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $5,000 Children’s Advocacy Center LMJC $1,650 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $400 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,000 Here I am DBA The Care Mission $3,200 Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area, Inc. $1,500 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services $1,500 Mount Zion Baptist Church – Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank $4,000 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $1,500 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. $300 Upward Life Ministries $2,500 YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga $5,000 Total awarded in Walker $27,750 Adventure Bags, Inc. $1,200 ALS United of Georgia, Inc. $500 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattooga, Gordon, Murray and Whitfield Counties $3,800 Burn Foundation of America, Inc. $100 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $4,000 Christian Community Outreach $175 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $500 Cross Plains Community Partner, Inc. $3,000 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $150 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,070 Georgia Center for Child Advocacy $1,400 Georgia FIRST Robotics $5,000 Here I Am DBA The Care Mission $400 Latin American Association $5,500 Northwest Georgia Girls Home $4,000 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $2,000 Reach Out and Read Georgia $2,500 RossWoods Adult Day Services $2,000 Special Olympics Georgia $1,000 Upward Life Ministries $250 Total awarded in Whitfield $41,245 In Spring 2025, NGEMF awarded grants to 51 organizations totaling $130,500.

Of these awards, $59,450 were hunger-focused. The grant awards are listed below by county. The amount spent in each county is determined by the amount NGEMC members living in each county contribute to ORU.

The organization receiving the award is listed, and all grants were earmarked for a specific program that meets one of ORU’s four focus areas. Note: If an organization serves more than one county, their grant will appear below divided out according to the per-county impact reported on the grant application. Alzheimer’s Association $500 Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Care $1,500 Battlefield Post 214, A.

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Ltd. (American Legion Battlefield Post 214) $3,000 Catoosa County Public Schools $2,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $2,000 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc. $3,000 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance $300 Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. $1,500 Georgia Northwestern Technical College $500 Here I am dba The Care Mission $300 Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area, Inc. $1,500 LIFT Youth Center, Inc. $5,000 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services $1,500 Operation Appreciation, Inc. $500 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $300 Ringgold United Methodist Church $1,500 Rooted by Grace, Inc. $1,500 RossWoods Adult Day Services $200 St.

Vincent de Paul Georgia $2,500 Upward Life Ministries $500 Woodstation Church $3,300 Cancer Navigators, Inc. $160 Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office $1,000 Community Resource Center of Chattooga $1,000 Summerville First United Methodist Church $1,500 TOTAL IN CHATTOOGA $4,760 Cancer Navigators, Inc. $500 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance $250 Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. $200 Georgia Northwestern Technical College $200 Operation Appreciation, Inc. $200 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattooga, Gordon, Murray and Whitfield Counties, Inc. $500 Calhoun Gordon Council for a Literate Community $500 Christian Community Outreach $2,000 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $2,000 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance $500 Georgia Northwestern Technical College $750 Growing Appalachia, Inc. $2,000 Healing Hands Clinic of Gordon County $3,000 Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful $2,000 Marine Toys for Tots $2,000 Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center $500 Prevent Child Abuse Gordon County, Inc. $1,250 RossWoods Adult Day Services $310 The Winner’s Club of Calhoun, Inc. $2,000 Alzheimer’s Association $1,000 Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer $500 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattooga, Gordon, Murray and Whitfield Counties, Inc. $500 Chatsworth First Methodist Church $4,000 Children and Families First Community Partnership for Dalton $300 Dalton Greater Works $750 Georgia Northwestern Technical College $780 Marine Toys for Tots $2,800 Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center $1,000 Operation Appreciation, Inc. $1,000 RossWoods Adult Day Services $500 Varnell Church, Inc. $1,500 Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer $1,000 Battlefield Post 214, A.

L. Ltd. (American Legion Battlefield Post 214) $2,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $300 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc. $200 Here I am DBA The Care Mission $3,500 Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area, Inc. $2,000 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services $1,000 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church $200 Mount Zion Baptist Church – Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank $4,000 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $400 Rooted by Grace, Inc. $1,000 St.

Vincent de Paul Georgia $1,500 The Haven – Lafayette $2,000 Upward Life Ministries $2,000 Alzheimer’s Association $1,000 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattooga, Gordon, Murray and Whitfield Counties $500 Cancer Navigators, Inc. $1,000 Children and Families First Community Partnership for Dalton $1,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $350 Cross Plains Community Partner, Inc. $3,000 Dalton First Church of the Nazarene $1,500 Dalton Greater Works $3,000 Dalton Organization of Churches $3,500 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $150 Georgia Northwestern Technical College $500 Latin American Association $2,000 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church $2,100 Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center $2,500 Operation Appreciation, Inc. $500 Pleasant Grove Methodist Church $4,800 RossWoods Adult Day Services $1,800 TOTAL IN WHITFIELD $33,700 Adventure Bags, Inc. $1,000 Catoosa County Foster Parent Association $8,000 Catoosa County Public Schools $3,000 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $1,500 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $4,500 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc. $1,000 Mountain Top Boy’s Home $1,500 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $100 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,000 Here I am DBA The Care Mission $350 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $1,850 Ringgold United Methodist Church $8,300 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. $1,500 Veterans in Victory, Inc. $850 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $1,000 Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office $1,000 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $500 Here I am DBA The Care Mission $750 Mountain Top Boy’s Home $300 Footprints on the Heart, Inc. $200 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $500 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $200 Veterans in Victory, Inc. $200 Adventure Bags, Inc. $1,000 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $1,400 Christian Community Outreach $4,000 Mountain Top Boy’s Home $1,500 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $4,500 Footprints on the Heart $1,000 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $500 Gordon County Schools $4,100 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $300 The Winner’s Club of Calhoun, Inc. $2,000 Adventure Bags, Inc. $1,000 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $1,500 Mountain Top Boy’s Home $500 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $250 Footprints on the Heart $1,500 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,000 Georgia FIRST Robotics $1,000 Latin American Association $500 Murray County Community Christmas/Murray County Family Connection $1,500 Murray County Next Step $4,000 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $900 Adventure Bags, Inc. $1,250 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $1,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $1,000 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc. $500 Mountain Top Boy’s Home $2,000 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,000 Here I am DBA The Care Mission $2,100 Mt.

Zion Baptist Church – Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank $2,250 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $3,000 Restore 6:34, Inc. $3,000 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. $1,500 YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga $4,000 Adventure Bags, Inc. $2,500 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $2,000 Children and Families First Community Partnership for Dalton $2,000 Christian Community Outreach $1,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $500 Mountain Top Boy’s Home $1,000 Dalton Organization of Churches $3,000 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $500 Footprints on the Heart $1,000 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Too, Inc. $1,000 Georgia FIRST Robotics $3,000 Here I Am DBA The Care Mission $150 Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc. Northwest Georgia District $4,000 Latin American Association $5,000 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults $2,000 Special Olympics Georgia $1,400 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. $500 Veterans in Victory $1,750 In Fall 2023, the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation Board of Trustees voted to award $170,882.

50 to the non-profit organizations listed below with $62,500 of that total allocated to hunger relief initiatives. In addition to the non-profit grants listed below by county, $104,500 was also awarded to area schools for STEM projects. Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $146,850 to 33 local nonprofit agencies.

Of this total, $78,350 was awarded to hunger relief initiatives. Spring 2023 ORU Grant Recipients Advocates For Children, Inc. Gordon County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) $ 4,000 Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Helping Children Facing Pediatric Cancer Thrive $ 6,000 Battlefield Post 214, A. L.

Ltd. (American Legion Battlefield Post 214) Helping Hands: Food & Living Essentials for Veterans, Seniors and At-Risk Community Populations $ 5,000 Cancer Navigators, Inc. Liquid Nutrition for Low Income Cancer Patients $ 1,000 Christian Community Outreach 7th annual Back to School Outreach/Beany’s Blessings $ 5,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. Filling the pantry $ 5,800 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc. Food Pantry and Clothing Closet $ 8,000 Community Housing Resource Corporation CHRC/HACD Food Pantry March 2023 – August 2023 $ 2,500 Compassion House Inc. Brighter Futures for Teens Counseling $ 5,500 Dalton Organization of Churches Preventing Homelessness in Whitfield County $ 5,000 Foster Northwest Georgia Inc. Foster The Teen $ 4,000 Georgia Foundation for Agriculture Farm to the Classroom: Immersive Ag Ed for Elementary Students in Northwest Georgia $ 3,000 Georgia Transplant Foundation Financial Assistance for Solid Organ Transplant Patients $ 4,000 Healing Hands Clinic of Gordon County Medical supplies, medical equipment, specialist referrals and medications for patients $ 5,000 Here I Am/ “The Care Mission” Care Mission Food Pantry $ 10,000 Highland Rivers Foundation, Inc. REAL Life: A Basic Needs Support Program for Low-Income Individuals $ 4,000 Hope Spur, Inc. Crisis Care Management for Mental Health $ 3,500 LIFT Youth Center, Inc. Mental Health Support for Middle and High School Students $ 3,500 Lookout Mountain CARES – Bridge Health Services Helping Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities $ 5,000 Marine Toys for Tots Calhoun, GA Toys for Tots $ 2,000 Menlo Lions Club PERSONAL HYGEINE BAGS $ 4,000 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church (1) Mount Vernon UMC FOOD PANTRY $ 5,000 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church (2) Saturday Sacks Weekend Food for Westside Elementary School from Mount Vernon UMC $ 3,000 MT Zion Baptist Church Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank MT Zion Baptist Church-Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Pantry $ 4,500 Murray County Next Step Mortgage/ Rent Assistance for Murray County Families $ 2,000 NIMBY – An Advised Fund of the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Saturday Sacks at Valley Point Elementary $ 7,500 Senior Well Check Program Caring with a Heart $ 1,000 Sharing is Caring Community Christmas Sharing is Caring Community Christmas $ 1,000 The Haven – Lafayette Family provision and forward movement $ 5,000 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. Emergency Assistance $ 5,000 The Winner’s Club of Calhoun, Inc. Food Assistance for Summer camp and Thursday’s Club Meal $ 2,000 Upward Life Ministries Feed North Georgia Families $ 5,000 Varnell United Methodist Church Food Pantry Varnell UMC Food Pantry $ 6,000 YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga Backpack Blessings Weekend Meals $ 4,050 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $127,100 to 43 local nonprofit agencies.

Of this total, $62,200 was awarded to hunger relief initiatives. An additional $104,500 was awarded to area schools in the form of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education grant as a part of the foundation’s education strategy. Fall 2022 ORU Grant Recipients Hunger relief initiatives are listed in bold print.

American Red Cross of Northwest Georgia: Home Fire Relief $2,000 Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattooga, Gordon, Murray and Whitfield Counties $2,000 Catoosa County Foster Parent Association $2,500 Chattanooga Area Food Bank: Food Assistance for Northwest Georgia $10,000 Christian Community Outreach: Beany’s Blessing/Christmas Cares $3,500 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $4,200 Communities in Schools of Catoosa County, Inc.: Parents As Teachers Baby Supplies $1,500 Dalton First Church of the Nazarene: Tunnel Hill Lunch Sack Program $1,500 Dalton-Whitfield Family Connection: Whitfield-Murray Teen Maze $2,500 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $8,000 Foster Northwest Georgia Inc. $2,500 Friends of the 6th Cavalry Museum $1,500 GeorgiaFIRST Robotics $1,600 Hand-Up, Inc. DBA Voluntary Action Center: Senior Christmas Boxes $1,500 Healing Hands Clinic of Gordon County $3,500 Hope Spur, Inc.: Crisis Care Management for Mental Health $3,000 Junior Achievement of Georgia, Northwest Market $2,200 Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful $3,500 Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful $600 Latin American Association: Latino Homeless Prevention Program $7,000 Menlo Lions Club: Personal Hygiene Bags $1,750 MT Zion Baptist Church-Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank $4,500 Murray County Community Christmas/Murray County Family Connection $1,500 Murray County Next Step: Crisis Assistance for Murray County Residents $8,000 NWGA Family Crisis Center, Inc.: Emergency Shelter to Victims of Domestic Violence $4,500 Partnership for Families, Children and Adults, Inc.: Financial Assistance and Educational and Career Training for Deaf and Hard of Hearing $4,000 Prevent Child Abuse Gordon County, Inc. dba Family Resource Center: Children’s Playground $1,500 Ray Of Hope Foundation, Inc.: Food Pantry $500 Reach Out and Read Georgia: Early Literacy Round Up for High-Need Children $1,000 Rebuilding Hope: Low Income Housing Stability $5,000 RossWoods, Inc,: Infection Control Program $2,500 Ruth House Ministries: Complete AED Package w/ Pediatric Pads $1,000 Sara Hightower Regional Library $500 Senior Well Check Program: Christmas Baskets for Senior Citizens $500 Sharing is Caring Community Christmas of Dalton/Whitfield County $2,000 Special Olympics Georgia $1,500 Summerville First United Methodist Church: Student Weekend Meals $3,500 The Haven – Lafayette: Family Provision $5,000 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc.: Emergency Assistance $3,750 The Winner’s Club of Calhoun, Inc.: Shoes for Christmas, Ham/Turkey for Family Holiday Meal $1,000 Upward Life Ministries: Support and feed North Georgia families $5,000 Whitfield County 4-H: Project Achievement Event $1,000 Woodstation United Methodist Church $3,000 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $176,680 to 39 local nonprofit agencies.

Of this total, $102,280 was awarded to hunger relief initiatives.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, North Georgia EMC Foundation’s priorities focused on stabilizing individuals and families by ensuring their basic needs are met; addressing challenges such as food and housing insecurity; low-cost or no-cost medical (physical and mental) treatment for low income individuals; and helping at-risk veterans and individuals living with disabilities.

Atlanta Community Food Bank $5,000 American Legion Battlefield Post 214 (Food & Essentials for Veterans, Seniors and At-Risk Community Populations) $5,500 Bless Sacks (Boynton UMC) $3,500 Calhoun Autism Network, Inc. (Summertime Social) $2,000 Camp Dream Foundation (Sending children with disabilities to summer camp) $1,000 Cancer Navigators, Inc. (Liquid Nutrition for Low Income Cancer Patients) $1,000 Catoosa County Foster Parent Association $5,000 Chattooga County 4-H (Home Food Preservation for Youth) $1,000 Christian Community Outreach (Beany’s Blessing and Back to School Celebration Outreach) $3,000 Christmas in July (New Echota United Methodist Church) $1,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $5,800 Communities In Schools of Catoosa County $5,000 Community Housing Resource Corporation $2,200 Community Resource of Chattooga, Inc $4,000 DOC-UP (Rent Assistance) $5,200 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $1,500 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) Home Medical Equipment Program $7,000 Friends of the Chickamauga Public Library Summer Reading Program $1,000 Grace Church Food Bank $500 Healing Hands Clinic of Gordon County $5,000 Helping Hands Ending Hunger, Inc. $9,780 Here I Am (DBA “The Care Mission”) Schoolz Out Mealz $10,000 Jonathan’s House Ministries (Additional Housing for Women and Children) $10,000 Menlo Lions Club (Personal Hygiene for Needy) $4,000 MT Zion Baptist Church (Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank) $4,500 Murray/Whitfield CASA program at Family Support Council, Inc. $5,000 Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living $2,500 Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center, Inc. $5,000 Operation Appreciation, Inc. (Military/Veteran Humanitarian Support Initiative) $10,000 Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church (Sack Lunch and Other Children’s Outreach) $8,000 Restore 6:34, Inc. (Educational Literature, Drug Test Kits, & Medical Needs) $3,100 The GreenHouse Child Advocacy & Sexual Assault Center $10,000 The Haven – Lafayette (Pandemic Assistance and Family Provision) $5,000 The Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocacy Center, Inc. $5,000 The Winner’s Club Inc. (snacks and meals for summer camp) $600 Upward Life Ministries, Inc. $5,000 Varnell UMC Food Pantry $7,000 Woodstation United Methodist Church $3,000 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $122,360 to 30 local nonprofit agencies.

Of this total, $76,860 was awarded to hunger relief initiatives. $102,500 was awarded to area schools in the form of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education grants.

During the COVID-19 pandemic , North Georgia EMC Foundation’s priorities focused on stabilizing individuals and families by ensuring their basic needs are met; addressing challenges such as food and housing insecurity; low-cost or no-cost medical (physical and mental) treatment for low income individuals; and helping at-risk veterans and individuals living with disabilities.

Catoosa County Foster Parent Association $5,000 Chatsworth First United Methodist Church: “Saturday Sacks” Program $2,500 Chattanooga Area Food Bank $10,000 Children’s Advocacy Center – LMJC $4,500 Christian Community Outreach $4,200 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc $4,200 Communities In Schools of Catoosa County $4,000 Community Housing Resource Corporation $2,200 Dalton 1st Church of the Nazarene- “Saturday Sack” Project $1,000 DOC-UP Dalton Organization Of Churches United For People $4,800 Family Mental Health Promotion, Inc. $3,500 First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia $8,500 Georgia FIRST Robotics $1,700 Grace Church Food Bank $3,000 Hand-Up, Inc. DBA Voluntary Action Center $2,500 Healing Hands Clinic of Gordon County $5,000 MT Zion Baptist Church-Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank $4,500 Murray County Family Connection $3,500 North Georgia Community YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga: Walker County and Chickamauga City Schools Backpack Blessings Program $5,760 NWGA Family Crisis Center, Inc. $5,000 The DEO Clinic, Inc. $4,000 The Gordon County Child Advocacy Center, Inc. $2,000 The Haven – Lafayette $5,000 The Sexual Assault Victims Advocacy Center, Inc. $5,000 Upward Life Ministries: Food Box Program $5,000 Varnell United Methodist Church: Family Food Box Program $3,000 Whitfield County Community Emergency Response Team $1,500 Woodstation United Methodist Church: Children’s Food Pantry $3,000 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $140,250 to 38 local nonprofit agencies.

Of this total, $87,350 was awarded to hunger relief initiatives.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, North Georgia EMC Foundation’s priorities focused on stabilizing individuals and families by ensuring their basic needs are met; addressing challenges such as food and housing insecurity; low-cost or no-cost medical (physical and mental) treatment for low income individuals; and helping at-risk veterans and individuals living with disabilities.

Spring 2021 Grants- “Helping Individuals and Families Succeed” Focus Organization/ Project Grant Amount American Legion Battlefield Post 214 $ 5,250 BLESS sacks Boynton UMC $ 3,500 Christian Community Outreach $ 2,500 Christmas in July/New Echota United Methodist Church $ 1,000 Christ’s Chapel Share & Care Mission, Inc. $ 5,800 Communities In Schools Catoosa County, Inc. $ 4,400 Community Housing Resource Corporation $ 3,500 Dalton Organization of Churches United for People $ 5,200 Family Mental Health Promotion, Inc. $ 3,000 Fort Oglethorpe Kiwanis Club / Cloud Springs Elem $ 250 Grace Church Food Bank $ 6,500 Here I Am dba The Care Mission $ 6,250 Latin American Association $ 8,000 Looper Speech & Hearing Center $ 3,000 Mt Zion Baptist Church-Demetrius J.

Jackson Food Bank $ 4,500 Nourishing Children in Catoosa $ 5,000 Operation Appreciation, Inc. $ 4,300 Partnership for Families Children and Adults, Inc. $ 3,000 Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church $ 5,700 Rock Spring United Methodist Church $ 4,250 Summit Quest Cancer Support Services $ 4,000 The DEO Clinic, Inc. $ 5,500 The George Chambers Resource Center, Inc. $ 1,500 The Haven – Lafayette $ 5,000 The Winner’s Club of Calhoun, Inc. $ 600 Upward Life Ministries $ 4,700 Varnell United Methodist Church $ 5,700 Woodstation United Methodist Church Snack Packs $ 3,000 Spring 2021 Grant Recipients- “Preparing for the Future” FocusOrganization/Project Grant Amount Calhoun-Gordon Council for a Literate Community $ 2,250 Jonathan’s House Ministries $ 3,500 Whitfield County 4-H Clubs $ 500 Spring 2021 Grant Recipients- “Preparing for the Future” FocusOrganization/Project Grant Amount Calhoun-Gordon Council for a Literate Community $ 2,250 Jonathan’s House Ministries $ 3,500 Whitfield County 4-H Clubs $ 500 Spring 2021 Grant Recipients- “Responding to Emergencies/Crises” FocusOrganization/Project Grant Amount Angel House of Georgia $ 2,100 Catoosa County Foster Parent Association $ 4,000 NWGA Family Crisis Center, Inc. $ 4,000 The Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition $ 1,500 The Sexual Assault Victims Advocacy Center $ 3,500 Thanks to our members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU), the North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation awarded $116,450 to 36 local nonprofit agencies.

Of this total, $57,650 was awarded to hunger relief initiatives. An additional $50,000 in emergency funds was awarded to area schools to support distance learning and after school meal efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, and $101,500 was awarded to area schools in the form of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education grants.

During the COVID-19 pandemi c, North Georgia EMC Foundation’s priorities focused on stabilizing individuals and families by ensuring their basic needs are met; addressing challenges such as food and housing insecurity; low-cost or no-cost medical (physical and mental) treatment for low income individuals; and helping at-risk veterans and individuals