{"id":3573,"date":"2026-04-07T01:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:36:52","slug":"operation-round-up-distributes-90000-to-105-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/operation-round-up-distributes-90000-to-105-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Round Up\u00ae Distributes $90,000 to 105 Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melrose, Minn. – Stearns Electric\u2019s Operation Round Up\u00ae Program contributed $90,000 to 105 area organizations in March. Through the Operation Round Up\u00ae program, Stearns Electric Association member-consumers give back to area communities by rounding up their electric bill to the nearest dollar.<\/p>\n

Since the program\u2019s inception in 1993, Operation Round Up\u00ae (ORU) and Stearns Electric members have awarded over $3.55 million to nearly 6,000 local non-profit organizations and community service programs. The rounded-up funds, no more than $11.88 per year, per member, are placed in a trust fund that is administered by the Stearns Electric Association Trust Board.<\/p>\n

The Co-op\u2019s 2026 Trust Board Directors are:
\n\u2022 Al Poser of Randall, District 1
\n\u2022 Meredith Ulrich of Avon, District 2
\n\u2022 Chris Bergman of St. Cloud, District 3
\n\u2022 Nicki Holthaus of Richmond, District 4
\n\u2022 Dave Cebulla of Belgrade, District 5
\n\u2022 Ron Paulsen of Albany, District 6
\n\u2022 Mike Meagher of Grey Eagle, District 7
\n\u2022 Steve Gudgell of Grey Eagle, District 8
\n\u2022 Ann Reischl of St. Joseph, District 9<\/p>\n

Trust Board Directors met on March 18th to review applications and funding requests. One hundred and five organizations were selected to receive funds totaling between $200 to $2,500 in this round of contributions.<\/p>\n

Visit stearnselectric.org\/community-impact\/community\/operation-round-up for a full list of March 2026 recipients and to learn more about the Stearns Electric Operation Round Up\u00ae Program.<\/p>\n

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Melrose, Minn. – Stearns Electric\u2019s Operation Round Up\u00ae Program contributed $90,000 to 105 area organizations in March. Through the Operation Round Up\u00ae program, Stearns Electric Association member-consumers give back to area communities by rounding up their electric bill to the nearest dollar. Since the program\u2019s inception in 1993, Operation Round Up\u00ae (ORU) and Stearns Electric […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3575,"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573\/revisions\/3575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csrecord.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}