$35,437 awarded in latest round of funding
8:00 am, Apr. 30, 2021
JACKSON — The Federated Rural Electric Trust, Jackson, recently recognized local organizations receiving $35,437 through Operation Round Up.
These donations occur due to monthly contributions by participating Federated members. A total of 29 groups received money in this 53rd round of funding:
The following organizations were funded: LaCrosse 4-H Club, Heron Lake, $250 in matching funds for HLO students’ “Caring Connection Shop” for school supplies, personal items, food, and gently used clothes; Martin County Historical Society, Fairmont, $400 to replace two mannequins to display historical clothing; JCC Middle School, Lakefield, $400 to buy “Sit & Knit” supplies for 25 students in grades 4-8; Jackson County Central Post Prom, $500 to hire post prom comedian to provide safe and fun prom; Jackson Boy Scout Pack 80, $500 to assist scouts who can’t afford to participate in Pine Wood Derby, Penguin Day and new class B shirts; HL-O FFA, $520 for small animal vet scales, stethoscopes, horticulture hydroponic equipment, watering hose and wand; Heritage Acres, Fairmont, $600 to hire blacksmith for August threshing and October harvest events; Jackson Volunteer Ambulance, $600 for battery-powered stair chair to transport patients up/down steps to keep responders and patient safe; Okabena Fire Department, $620 for two backpack pumps to fight grass fires and leak control kit for damaged tanks for farm fuel barrels.