Operation Round Up®
Operation Round Up Application Form
| Operation Round Up® Opt-out Form
Operation Round Up® Guidelines
In 2002, People’s Cooperative Services implemented “Operation Round Up®”. The program designed to gather voluntary contributions from members to assist people or organizations in the communities served by People’s with charitable donations for community needs projects.
Program participation has grown from 1,180 accounts to currently over 14,500 accounts. Operation Round Up®, a voluntary program, allows People’s to roundup to the next whole dollar the electric bill of participating members. Monthly contributions on an individual account could be anywhere from one cent to nine-ninety cents. Small change making a big difference. These tax deductible funds are placed into a trust fund, governed by a separate Board of Trustees.
A Board of Trustees comprised of seven People’s Cooperative members provides oversight to the Operation Round Up® program. Program funds are held separately from People’s finances.
An increase in participation means an increase in contributions, amounting in more funding available.
Applications can be downloaded from our website or by calling Jeff Thompson, Operation Round Up® coordinator at (507) 288-4004.
People’s Cooperative Board of Directors selects an Operation Round Up® Trust Board. The following cooperative members have been selected to serve as the Operation Round Up® Trust Board.
District 1 - Joan Rose
District 2 - Bettie Becvar
District 3 - Alvin Grossbach
District 4 - Andy Welti
District 5 - Kathy Sveen
District 6 - Ruth Earley
District 7 – Susan Churchill
The Trust Board meets quarterly to evaluate the applications for funds and approve money for those that are accepted. Deadline for submitting applications for funds are: March 20 – first quarter; June 20 – second quarter; September 20 – third quarter; December 20 – fourth quarter.
To apply for funds, open the application form at the link below, PDF format, complete and send to the address on top of the form. Unsure if your organization qualifies open the guidelines pdf file.
Members who wish to not to participate must notify the office at (507) 288-4004 or complete the “opt-out” form and mail to: People’s Cooperative Services, PO Box 339, Rochester, MN 55903-0339.
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