Concern for Community is one of the Seven Cooperative Principles guiding South Plains Electric Cooperative. Giving back to our community gives our Cooperative the opportunity to support community efforts that enhance the quality of life for members and their families. Operation Round Up helps provide funding for community members in need.

Operation Round Up is funded by Cooperative members rounding their bill up to the nearest dollar.

Autumn Aldrich, a teacher at Trinity Christian High School, used her grant to install a greenhouse fan and purchase fertilizer so her students could learn to grow their own crops.

Ashleigh Matthews, a teacher at Roosevelt ISD, used her grant to provide her students with slides and worksheets that mirrored the new curriculum they have adopted.

Bailey Berry, a teacher at Cotton Center ISD, used her grant to take her students on seven different field trips because there is nothing better than learning by experiencing.

Dallas Grimes, a teacher at Roosevelt ISD, used his grant to buy supplies, curriculum and study review packets for the UIL Social Studies Team, who went on to win the 3A division.

Lisa Lacy, a teacher at Roosevelt ISD, used her grant to purchase supplies needed to start a jewelry making activity for her high school art classes.

Mackenzie Reece, a teacher at Frenship ISD, used her grant to buy non-fiction chapter books, which allows her students to learn new facts in interesting and fun ways.

Masey Doss, a teacher at Trinity Christian High School, used her grant to purchase the supplies needed for her students to learn how to make enchiladas for a blessing freezer project.

Cynthia Walden, a teacher at Cotton Center ISD, used her grant to improve her outdoor classroom collection, which allows students to develop their motor coordination skills.

Michelle Bagwell, a teacher at Roosevelt ISD, used her grant to purchase incubators, heat sources, feed, water necessities and brooder boxes for a K-5th grade egg-to-chicken project.

Michelle Salas, a teacher at Roosevelt ISD, used her grant to purchase all of the materials for her Spanish II class to have the opportunity to learn how to make homemade tortillas.

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