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Good Deed: VEC Customers Share board awards $1,000 in Legion grant

Contributed photo / VEC Hamilton County Customers Share Board member Bobby Scott, left, and Bradley County Customers Share Board member Lisa Mantooth, right, present a check to Rich Eberley and Larry Fontanilla, representatives of American Legion Post 257.
Contributed photo / VEC Hamilton County Customers Share Board member Bobby Scott, left, and Bradley County Customers Share Board member Lisa Mantooth, right, present a check to Rich Eberley and Larry Fontanilla, representatives of American Legion Post 257. Contributed photo / VEC Hamilton County Customers Share Board member Bobby Scott, left, and Bradley County Customers Share Board member Lisa Mantooth, right, present a check to Rich Eberley and Larry Fontanilla, representatives of American Legion Post 257.

By Community submissions 1 min read

DECATUR, Tenn. — The VEC Customers Share Board recently presented a $1,000 donation to American Legion Post 257.

Legion post members said they will use the funds to assist with needed building materials.

VEC Customers Share, founded in October 2001, has donated more than $9 million to various community service organizations across the cooperative’s 17-county service area. VEC Customers Share is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization. The foundation’s funds come from VEC members who have opted to round up their electric bills to the next whole dollar. The extra change is collected monthly and distributed by a volunteer board of directors representing each service area.

Laura Spellman