To be our most effective, the Central Rural Electric Cooperative Foundation must focus it efforts on specific areas of interest. In the following pages which you can select from the links above or below, we cover what those areas are.
Living in north central Oklahoma, we are well aware of the destruction that tornadoes bring as they move through an area and the damage that fires, floods and ice storms leave behind.
Disasters are devastating to both individuals and communities. Just as devastating are the disasters that hit a single individual or family such as the loss of the family’s home to a fire. It is more than the loss of a piece of property. Often, only memories remain.
Cooperatives nationwide have always had, as a part of their core values, a commitment to community. The Central Rural Electric Cooperative Foundation and Operation Round Up® are a reflection of that commitment.
New programs, equipment and buildings enhance the quality of education for students from kindergarten through high school.
Projects made possible by the foundation can make an impact on students by working together to organize and complete projects. Funding projects enable students to be active members of a team effort and allow them to experience a project from beginning to end.
Grants for school programs, projects, equipment, buildings, construction and renovations provide a promising future for our region’s young people.
There are 676,298 people in Oklahoma, age 5 and above, with disabilities. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Oklahoma had the second highest number of children being raised by grandparents. Compound these issues with the cost of insurance and a poverty rate of over 12 percent, it becomes clear that the foundation can play a significant role in providing assistance to those with health care needs.
The need for assistance with health care is great and the foundation can take a leadership role in providing funds to help organizations and individuals meet those needs.
For instance, are there adequate health care services in our communities? Home health care facilities and residential retirement communities are in need of additional professional heath care providers. Funding projects such as ambulance services, hospice programs, and construction and renovation of medical facilities can improve the quality of life in our communities.
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