Three local high school juniors and one sophomore are the winners of expense paid trips this summer, sponsored by Laurens Electric Cooperative. 11th graders Ella Adair of Clinton, Ciana Mumford of Gray Court, and Celsa Perkins of Spartanburg will attend the Washington D.C. Youth Tour with students chosen by other South Carolina co-ops where they will…
Accounts Payable Administrator Betty Beaty paid forward $500 to New Prospect Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society. Betty said, “We are a small church with a small congregation, but we have hands to help and hearts of gold. It is our mission to be servants of God and our goal to serve our community by giving…
Lineman Jordan Gaines paid forward $500 to Hickory Tavern Elementary School to help them build a new playground. According to School Librarian Claudia John, the Hickory Tavern Panthers have been raising funds for the project for the past several years. “The playground we currently have has been there for a long time and is starting to fall…
About the time Matt Smith, Energy Programs Specialist, was pondering how to pay forward $500 as November’s recipient of the LEC employee Pay It Forward program, Billing Supervisor Amy Hughes received a call from a co-worker about a family in need. “The family, who are Laurens Electric members, had just suffered a job loss, and…
Don Roy, LEC’s Manager of Technical Services, paid forward $500 to the Fountain Inn Kids Enrichment Center, or FIKE. FIKE is a non-profit after-school service for children in need, offering free snacks, homework tutoring, life skill classes, fitness/recreation, and more. Every afternoon during the school year, children come from local schools to Capstone Church in…
Plant Accountant Sheila Drown paid forward $500 to the Laurens County Safe Home, a non-profit agency that serves victims of domestic violence in Abbeville, Laurens and Saluda Counties. The Safe Home provides 24-hour services for victims of domestic violence, including an emergency shelter, helping clients obtain orders of protection, and advocacy for counseling, legal, social,…
System Engineer David Stevenson paid forward $500 to the Laurens County Safe Home, a non-profit agency that serves victims of domestic violence in Abbeville, Laurens and Saluda Counties. David said, “I recently learned the Safe Home is in the process of expanding its facilities, which highlights a growing problem in our community.” Safe Home provides…
Lineman Justin Brock paid forward $500 to the American Cancer Society. Justin made the donation “in honor of my Granny Josie Lollis and in memory of my Papa Johnny Lollis.” The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. With Global Headquarters in Atlanta,…
Field Services Dispatcher Donna Harbin paid forward $500 to the Prisma Health–Upstate Children’s Hospital’s Facility Dog Program. The Canine F.E.T.C.H. (Friends Encouraging Therapeutic Coping and Healing) Unit is Prisma Health–Upstate’s animal-assisted therapy program for patients and their families. Facility dogs are expertly trained dogs who partner with a handler to care for patients at Prisma…
Lineman Cody Southern paid forward $500 to the Hejaz Shriners of Upstate South Carolina on behalf of the Hillbilly Clan # 2, a sideline degree of Shriners that devotes its time and resources to the Shriners Hospitals for Children. The Shriners International Mission is to: Be the premier fraternal organization for men of good character….