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Grover Hill Firefighters received $800 from Operation Round Up to purchase two scene lighting towers and batteries. Paulding Amateur Radio Club received $500 to install communications equipment in the new emergency operations center. Additional photos are available on PPEC\u2019s Facebook page.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Members of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative recently donated $13,152 to 16 local charities and community projects through the cooperative\u2019s Operation Round Up program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 80% of PPEC members round up their electric bill and donate those pennies to this fund, making a huge impact in the co-op\u2019s northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participating members round up their monthly electric bill to the next dollar, with the extra pennies being used to help fund charities and groups in their communities. Each quarter, the funds are dispensed to local causes that applied for funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent donation recipients include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Caring and Sharing Food Pantry; $950 to purchase shelving units for their new building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Crane Township Cecil Fire Department; $750 to purchase piercing nozzle with the deluxe kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Defiance Soil & Water Conservation District; $625 to help fund a 3-day teacher workshop\/training for teachers along with tools and materials for classroom use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Fort Jennings Volunteer Fire Department; $1,000 to purchase a skid unit for field fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Friends of the Paulding County Parks; $700 to rent port-a-johns for 3 parks over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Grover Hill Firefighters Inc.; $800 to purchase 2 Scene Lighting Towers and batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Hands of Hope Pregnancy Services; $1,000 to cover the cost of yearly subscriptions for pregnancy, parenting, and birth classes for clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Middle Point Volunteer FD; $1,000 to purchase a MARCS radio for the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department; $1,222 to purchase one Supervac battery-operated positive pressure fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Paulding County Amateur Radio Club; $500 to install communications equipment in the new emergency operations center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Paulding County Relay for Life American Cancer Society; $1000 to help cover the cost of the meal served to survivors and caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Payne Volunteer Fire Department; $1,005 to purchase updated coverage hoods and fire gloves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 POE Fire Department; $600 to purchase an AED trainer unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation (Van Wert Live); $500 to provide free tickets for people with low-moderate income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Van Wert Middle School; $1,000 to fund scholarships for students to experience Washington DC or DC at Home Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Wayne Trace Local Schools- Payne and Grover Hill Elementary; $500 to create a sensory\/calm down room at both schools. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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