Operation Round Up
Members are helping members. For less than $1 per month, you can make a difference in your community. Participation is simple: Your monthly electric bill is rounded up to the nearest dollar, an estimated average of $6 per year. You can see a summary of contributions on your January electric bill. A volunteer board meets quarterly to distribute the funds used primarily within Cass County Electric Cooperative’s service area for charitable, educational, environmental, and emergency assistance purposes. The funds are never used for political purposes or utility bills.
June 2023
Applications reviewed:
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Organization: 20
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Individual: 2
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Emergency: 0
Applications approved
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Organization: 18.......$55,100
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Individual: 1..............$800
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Emergency: 0.......... $0
Applications denied: 1
Applications tabled: 2
2023 year-to-date summary
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Per member average contribution: $2.47
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Average member participation: 80.0%
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Total income: $100,223.08
(Includes contributions, interest earned, and donations/memorials.)
Total contributions (1993-present): $4,050,284.12
Featured recipient: Rape & Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead
The Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead (RACC) provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, trafficking/sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse in eastern North Dakota and west central Minnesota.
They are committed to transforming our community’s response to violence and abuse to ensure healing for those who have been victimized and personal safety for all.
RACC was founded in 1977 when two local agencies – WomanAbuse, serving battered women, and the Rape Crisis Center, serving victims of sexual violence – merged to provide comprehensive, accessible services. They were one of North Dakota and Minnesota’s earliest violence intervention centers and provide crisis intervention, counseling services, community education, and community service coordination.
All victim services are free, confidential, accessible, appropriate, and distributed on a nondiscriminatory basis. Their community prevention and education programs provide personal safety, domestic violence awareness, and healthy relationship curricula to all Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead public schools. They also provide training and education presentations to community businesses, agencies, and groups.