Local charities benefit from Great Lakes’ generosity

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