Randolph EMC's People Helping People (PHP) Board of Directors announced awards totaling $30,000 in community grants to benefit charitable nonprofits in Randolph Electric’s five-county service area.
“For more than a decade, People Helping People has been one of the ways Randolph EMC puts our cooperative mission into action by investing in the communities we’re privileged to serve,” said REMC Public Relations Manager Christian Morgan. “Giving back to the communities that support us is incredibly important to REMC and our board, and we’re proud to continue the Sharing Success Community Grant program and support the organizations that are making a difference in the lives of our member-owners and their neighbors.”
The board of directors for PHP, a nonprofit program of Randolph EMC, awards grants that contribute to one or more of three focus areas: the health and well-being of individuals, financial support for income-challenged families or educational advancement through enriching learning opportunities. The following 26 recipient organizations demonstrate a mission aligning with these goals:
- Habitat For Humanity - Randolph County
- Children's Cancer Partners
- Randolph Senior Adults Association
- Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
- Communities in School- Randolph County
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
- Spirit Horse Ranch
- Jordan Memorial UMC
- Christians United Outreach Center
- Earnest McAlister Chapter #38
- Quilts of Valor
- Chatham Education Foundation
- Partners for Children & Families
- Chatham Outreach Alliance
- Chatham CARES Community Pharmacy
- Montgomery Community College Foundation
- Chatham County Literacy Council
- Union Taylor Community Center
- Communities in Schools- Montgomery County
- YMCA Alamance
- Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care
- Our Savior Lutheran Church of Southern Pines
- Immigrant Hope Sandhills
- A Kid Again
- OE Enterprises, Inc.
- SAFE, Inc.
Randolph EMC partners with CoBank, a cooperative lender, to fund the Community Grants initiative. Through its Sharing Success program, CoBank awarded $15,000 to People Helping People earlier this year. Randolph EMC then matched this donation to fund its Community Grants program. The PHP Board of Directors oversees the grant-awarding process. Since 2015, Randolph EMC’s PHP program has invested $196,700 in Community Grants.