HART — Great Lakes Energy (GLE) Cooperative employees will contribute $19,993 to local United Way agencies throughout the GLE service area with the help of CoBank, a cooperative lender.
GLE employees annually participate in a United Way campaign pledging money from their paychecks throughout the year. For the second year in a row, the employee contributions received a $5,000 matching grant from CoBank’s Sharing Success Program.
As cooperatives, GLE and CoBank both share a concern for local communities, which is one of the seven cooperative principles.
Since 1999, GLE employees have contributed more than $240,000 to local United Way agencies and charities.
The following United Way agencies and charities were selected by GLE employees to receive contributions:
– Crystal Valley Care Fund
– United Way of the Lakeshore
– Love INC. of Oceana
– United Way of Mason County
– Char-Em United Way
– Crawford County United Way
– Manna Food Project
– Mecosta-Osceola United Way
– United Way of Northwest Michigan
– Otsego County United Way
– Otsego County Salvation Army
