Making An Impact
Nolin RECC is committed to working for a positive change within the community. With your participation, our Operation Round-Up® program helps make that change a reality.
How It Works
Through Operation Round-Up®, Nolin RECC automatically rounds up a participating member’s electric bill to the next highest dollar. For example, through the program, a customer’s monthly bill of $65.75 would be automatically rounded up to $66.00. The additional 25 cents would go to the Operation Round-Up® fund. A non-profit board of directors made up of local citizens then allocates this money to a variety of worthy causes throughout the community. This program has donated over $400,000 to our local communities since 2006. Recent Community Impact grants awarded went to Cecilia Valley Elementary School
Empowered Life, Inc.
Friends of the Hardin County Public Library
Friends of the LaRue County Public Library
Helping Hand of Hope
Hope Food Pantry
Knob Creek Conservancy
Magnolia Cumberland Presbyterian Church:
Shepherd’s Pie Food Pantry
Project L.E.A.R.N.
Sunrise Children’s Services, Inc. Wesley Hilltop House
Starting in 2022, the Operation Round-Up “Be a Light” Teacher Grants was launched. Fifteen certified teachers in Hardin and LaRue County were randomly selected from eligible applicants and and each received $200 to use toward classroom expenses. In 2024, thirty grants will be awarded.
Simply Put
Operation Round-Up® is about local dollars meeting local needs in the local community. As a volunteer program, the success of Operation Round-Up® depends upon your participation. The more Nolin RECC members involved, the greater the impact on the community. If you would like more information about the Operation Round-Up® program, please call Nolin RECC at (270) 765-6153. Checkout the video below discussing the Operation Round-Up program. Learn how to sign up to “round up” in SmartHub HERE
Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the Operation Round-Up Be a Light teacher grants!
Not pictured: Lydia Lykins (Bluegrass Middle School)
Operation Round-Up awards thirty (30) $200 grants to teachers in Hardin and LaRue Counties each school year. The Be a Light grants are a way to honor and thank local educators for the impact they make in our communities everyday.
Winners are selected through a random drawing
from all eligible entries received and included:
Ten (10) K-5th grade teachers
Ten (10) 6th-8th grade teachers
Ten (10) 9th-12th grade teachers
Operation Round-Up funds come from the generosity of Nolin RECC members who voluntarily sign up to “round up” their monthly bill to the nearest dollar.
The application window will open again in July 1, 2025.
2025 ELIGIBILITY DETAILS:
1. To be eligible to receive this grant, applicants must be a fulltime, certified classroom teacher at an accredited K through 12th grade public or private school located in Hardin or LaRue County, KY. 2024 grant recipients are not eligible.
2. Only one entry per teacher.
3. Grant funds must be used directly for classroom needs (receipts requested).
4. Grants will be given in the form of check made to the selected teachers.
5. Nolin RECC, Wide Open Utility Service employees, retirees, Nolin and Operation Round-Up directors and their families are not eligible to apply.
6. By submitting an application, entrants give permission to Nolin RECC to use their photo and submitted information for promotional purposes.
Congratulations to the 2024 Operation Round-Up Community Impact Grant recipients
THE 2024 COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT APPLICATION WINDOW IS CLOSED. 2025 GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING MARCH 1, 2025.
Some past recipients featured in Kentucky Living magazine
