The Community Trust Fund board, which oversees the Operation Round Up grant program, granted the following organizations funding for their requests:

• Vanlue Fire Department 
• Wood County Educational Service Center
• North Baltimore Public Library
• Hancock Christian Clearing House
• Cancer Patient Services
• NRECA International
• HWE board of trustee’s individual donations to be used for Christmas 

Also during the meeting, Hancock-Wood President and CEO Bill Barnhart thanked Ellen McKee for her 15 years of service, as her term on the board has come to an end. 

If you know of a nonprofit organization that needs funding for a special project, please share information about our ORU program, which can be found along with the grant application, on our website at www.hwe.coop. The next grant deadline is January 12.