In June, Medina Electric Cooperative awarded $5,500 in grants to area organizations through the Community Empowerment Program to encourage community and economic development throughout the 17 counties served by the cooperative.
The program focuses on projects that encourage economic diversity, contribute to community health and development, and improve the quality or quantity of services essential for the development of viable communities.
These organizations will receive grants to further their community impact:
Bluebonnet Children’s Advocacy Center
Medina, Real and Uvalde Counties | $750
The grant is being used to stock up the Rainbow Room, an emergency resource room, with clothing, baby food and diapers and other items given to women and children while at the center.
Medina EC Director Jimmie Raines (second to right) and CEP committee member Roy Kothmann (right) present a $1,000 grant to Briscoe Animal Resource Center.
Briscoe Animal Resource Center of Uvalde
Uvalde County | $1,000
The grant is being used to fund a new memorial animal shelter.
Joe Finger Youth Benefit Fund
Medina County | $750
The grant is being used to purchase a scoreboard for the first of three little league fields.
Medina EC Director Ken Weynand (left) presents nurses at Medina Regional Hospital in Hondo with a $750 grant.
Medina Healthcare System
Medina County | $750
The grant is being used to enhance patient safety when medications are administered by using a point of care device that scans a patient’s armband and the barcode on the medication prior to administration to ensure the right patient receives the right drug.
Medina EC Director Ken Weynand (third from right) presents veteran members of the Medina Valley VFW post 8134 with a $1,500 grant.
Medina Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8134
Medina County | $1,500
The grant is being added to funds already raised and go toward repairing and leveling the VFW building’s foundation. This includes removing and replacing pipes, beams and floor joists.
Restoring Hope Family Resource Center
Frio County | $750
The grant is being used to purchase three polywood glider benches for the center’s Hope Garden. The center hopes clients and community members will use the space as an area to interact, reflect, grieve and pray.
“It is important as a member-owned cooperative that we help make a difference in our community beyond providing safe, reliable electricity,” said Trey Grebe, Medina EC’s CEO. “One of the best ways to do this is by supporting local nonprofit organizations that promote education, economic growth and are often safe places for our community members, young and old.”
Medina EC is proud to include these organizations in the more than $83,000 in grants awarded to various nonprofits and local governments since the CEP grant program started in 2015.
