PSREC Marketing Manager Donna Mills teaches students in the afterschool pro-
gram the importance of being safe around electricity.
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative representative Veronica Renteria
climbs the ropes at the Nevada Rural Electric Association Youth Energy Seminar.
sponsors American Red Cross
blood drives.
Lassen Municipal Utility
District, Susanville, California—LMUD hangs Blue Star
banners along Susanville’s
Main Street, helping to honor
local service men and women.
The utility distributed more
than 100 energy-efficiency
kits to attendees of the annual
home and garden show.
Lincoln County Power Dis-
trict No. 1, Pioche, Nevada—
The district provides scholar-
ships to the county’s two high
schools and summer employ-
ment opportunities for up to
five youth each year.
Tillamook PUD, Tillamook,
Oregon—Since 1993, a volunteer group of employees and
their families have adopted 15
to 20 families a year during
the holidays. Funds come from
voluntary payroll deductions
and employee fundraisers.
United Electric Cooperative,
Heyburn, Idaho—UEC has
a paid internship/line school
scholarship program to give
high school youth a chance to
try out the electric industry
as a career, and sends up to
10 high school students to the
ICUA Youth Rally each year.
Wasco Electric Cooperative, The Dalles, Oregon—The
co-op funded economic/community grants totaling more
than $10,000. It buys 4-H
animals at county fairs, and
sponsors students to national
and regional youth programs.
West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Vernonia, Oregon—
Employees raise money for the
WOEC Care to Share energy-assistance fund by taking
Santa photos. The co-op also
provides scholarships for high
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