At the September 2024 Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) Customers Share Board meeting, organizations in Hamilton County received $2,000 in grants.
Grant recipients were Hamilton County STARS ($1,500) and Chattanooga Central High School Ruriteen Club ($500).
The VEC Customers Share program was founded in October 2001. Since then, more than $8 million has been donated to various community service organizations across the cooperative’s 17-county service area. The foundation’s funds come from VEC members who have opted to round up their electric bills to the next whole dollar. VEC Customers Share individual customer contributions average a little more than $5 per year. The extra change is collected monthly and distributed by a volunteer board of directors representing each service area.
Laura Spellman
Volunteer Energy Cooperative