Local Missions
Befriend a local nursing home resident.
Christmas gifting for children of prisoners.
A group of volunteers who meet twice a month to make stuffed animals to donate to various organizations serving the community. By the beginning of 2008, they had made over 7,000 gift items which have been donated to hospitals for children, to local nursing homes and included in gift boxes for children in Iraq and Africa.
Provides a Christiam education, clothing, food, shelter, vocation training and counseling to at-risk boys and girls aged 6-18.
A retreat and educational center for the deaf community. Guests hailing from locales throughout Texas receive enrichment materials and participate in activities geared to building communication skills, confidence and self-esteem. They also have the opportunity to develop relationships with an appreciation for the country/ranch lifestyle and its Creator. Visit Isaiah's Place's web site at www.isaiahsplace.org.
Originally formed over 20 years ago, the Joint Committee for Christmas (JCC) is organized to discover the real needs of individuals at Christmas time, and to avoid unnecessary duplications in the efforts to meet those needs.
United Methodist Church of Whitney which provides day care in a Christian teaching environment for children from under-privileged families.
Provides an organization through which churches and other organizations in the Lake Whitney area cooperate in meeting the needs of people who reside in or visit the Lake Whitney area.
Whitney area food pantry.
Recovery from addictive behaviors.
Care for those facing end-of-life issues of a medical, spiritual
and/or emotional nature.
A nondenominational, not-for-profit camp for children and adults in a relaxed rural setting. Visit Sandy Creek Bible Camp's web site at www.sandycreek.org.
Staffed entirely by volunteers
who are on call day and night to put out fires and provide other emergency services in White Bluff Resort and surrounding areas.
 | ission | WBC Missions Receive HILCO Grants | |||
| oment | November, 2010 | |||
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| Richard Turner,Secretary-Treasurer of the Hilco Trust, awards a grant check of $750 to JCC representatives Susan Johnston and Cheryl Robinson |
See Your Extra Pennies at Work by Participating in Hilco's RoundUp Program!
Volunteer leaders of four of White Bluff Chapel's local missions were presented HILCO Operation Round Up Program grants Wednesday, Nov. 3, at HILCO Electric Coop's headquarters in Itasca. Richard Turner, Secretary-Treasurer of the HILCO Trust, awarded checks amounting to $10,497 to non-profit, charitable organizations doing good work in the five counties comprising the Cooperative.
Receiving the awards for the organizations they represent were White Bluff Chapel members Susan Johnston and Cheryl Robinson for Whitney's Joint Committee on Christmas, Garry Parvin for Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, Diane Fredrickson for Isaiah's Place, and Bob Harris and Jim Browder for the White Bluff Volunteer Fire Department.
Operation Round Up is a voluntary program designed to allow HILCO Electric Cooperative members the ability to contribute, through their electric bill, to community and charitable organizations. It is designed to help the community and charitable organizations with qualified needs. The HILCO RoundUp Program distributes grants on a quarterly basis throughout its member counties of Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson and McLennan. For the third quarter of 2010, twenty-seven grant requests, amounting to $62,000, were submitted to HILCO. $10, 497 was available for distribution.
The funds raised for the awards come from volunteer contributions of the coop's residential members (all the electric company residential customers in the five counties). For members who elect to participate, every month HILCO "rounds up" their residential electric bill to the next dollar and transfers the spare change to a special Operation Round Up fund. The most any account would donate in a twelve month period is $11.88. In order to participate in the program, electric coop members only have to check the RoundUp Program box on their electric bill stub when returning a monthly payment.
Each quarter, the nine members of the appointed HILCO Trust Board Committee volunteer their time to review applications and decide how to allocate the funds. White Bluff Chapel member Richard Turner serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Trust Board. HILCO Executive Assistant Jill Huggins organizes their efforts and manages the grant application submissions. The public is kept informed on the fund distributions by publishing articles in the Texas Coop Power magazine and in local newspaper.
Only about 50% of HILCO's client base elects to participate in the RoundUp program, which averages out to less than 50 cents a month per customer. If more customers chose to participate, the current yearly amount collected of about $42,000 could accomplish significantly more in community aid. As HILCO Cooperative reminds us, "Your spare change could make a huge difference to your community!"