{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"North Carolina\u2019s Electric Cooperatives and CoBank donate $20,000 to the North Carolina Community Foundation to support rural communities impacted by COVID-19","url":"\/news\/north-carolinas-electric-cooperatives-and-cobank-donate-20000-to-the-north-carolina-community-foundation-to-support-rural-communities-impacted-by-covid-19","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The North Carolina Community Foundation is honored to receive a $20,000 gift from North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives, electricity and energy services providers to 2.5 million North Carolinians, and CoBank, a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The contribution will support rural communities impacted by COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n<p>North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives and CoBank each gave $10,000 to NCCF to support people and families in rural communities who are unemployed or under-employed. Funds will be distributed to community nonprofit organizations in rural, electric cooperative-served counties at the direction of the local boards of the following NCCF affiliate foundations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Brunswick County Community Foundation<\/li>\r\n<li>Catawba Valley Community Foundation (Alexander, Caldwell and Catawba counties)<\/li>\r\n<li>Duplin County Community Foundation<\/li>\r\n<li>Granville County Community Foundation<\/li>\r\n<li>Harnett County Community Foundation<\/li>\r\n<li>Hoke County Community Foundation<\/li>\r\n<li>Onslow Caring Communities Foundation<\/li>\r\n<li>Community Foundation for Randolph County<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>NCCF is incredibly grateful for the generosity of North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives, according to Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, NCCF CEO and president. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re deeply thankful for this commitment to our state&rsquo;s rural communities that need our support during these challenging times,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re confident our statewide network and local affiliate foundations are excellent stewards of this gift and will ensure every dollar supports the local community.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;As the power provider for rural North Carolina, we&rsquo;re proud to partner with NCCF and CoBank to help our communities as they respond to and recover from the impacts of COVID-19,&rdquo; said Lark James, chief financial officer for North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives. &ldquo;The state&rsquo;s electric cooperatives were founded on a mission of local service, and we&rsquo;re pleased that we can provide valuable assistance during this time of heightened need.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;CoBank is delighted to support North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives and NCCF through our Sharing Success program,&rdquo; said Mike Rehmer, Relationship Manager at CoBank. &ldquo;Sharing Success matches the charitable contributions of our customers to the organizations and causes they care about most, allowing the bank to make a positive impact and fulfill our mission of service to rural America.&rdquo;<\/p>","excerpt":"","media":0,"custom":{"social_sharing":{"share_image":""},"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1596719958,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"f57221be19714356936029a861eb44d4","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":70855,"created":1596719958,"modified":1596720965,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"NCCF News","url":"\/categories\/nccf-news","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1536248733,"source":null,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"1b78a2294942490a941757f68891b9dd","parent":"9fd09d3a1e4f4302a38c86e00a22828b","node":20907,"created":1536248733,"modified":1536248733,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]}}