At the December 2023 VEC Customers Share Board meeting, local organizations in Roane County were awarded $2,000 in grants. Organizations receiving funds were Operation REACH ($1,000) and Salem Baptist Church Food Pantry ($1,000).
VEC Customers Share was founded in October 2001 and has donated more than $7.8 million to various community service organizations across VEC’s 17 county service area. VEC Customers Share is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization. The foundation’s funds come from VEC members who have opted to round their electric bills up to the next whole dollar. VEC Customers Share individual customer contributions average a little more than $5.00 per year. The extra change is collected monthly and distributed by a volunteer board of directors representing each service area.
