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Laurens Electric Cooperative’s August recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is Apprentice Lineman Bryan Painter. Bryan chose to give $500 to the Henson family of Inman. Jaxon Tanner Henson was born December 9, 2013, 2 months premature and was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disorder called Myotubular Myopathy. Only 1 in 50,000…
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s July recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is cashier Alisha Lawson. Alisha chose to donate $500 to the United Way of the Piedmont’s Stuff the Bus event in Spartanburg. School supplies gathered during the event will be shared with the Homeless Family Advocates within each of the school districts…
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s June recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is Meter Technician Tony Tollison. Tony chose to donate $500 to the family of 5-year old Peyton Gesing. Peyton has a neuroblastoma and the cancer has spread to his bones. He is currently undergoing chemotherapy and the family has to travel out of…
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s May recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is Apprentice Lineman Justin Stroud. Justin chose to donate $250 to the Wounded Warrior Project and $250 to the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation. Justin served in the Army from March 2004- May 2013, and was in Iraq from June 2009 – June 2010, so…
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s April recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is Locate Dept. Supervisor Keith Smith. Keith chose to donate $500 to Josh Kleman’s Medical Fund. A sophomore at Anderson University, Josh was seriously injured while skate/longboarding with his friends on campus. He was placed in a medically induced coma to control the swelling in…
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s March recipient of the employee Pay it Forward funds is System Engineer Drew Davidson. Drew chose to donate the entire $500 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. “Cancer is a terrifying disease, and as a father of two young children,…
Laurens Electric Cooperative’s first employee recipient of the $500 Pay it Forward funds is Esperanza Sanchez-Bautista, a customer service representative in the co-op’s Mauldin office. In addition to donating $100 to the Greenville Humane Society, “Espie” decided to build on one of the co-op’s last Acts of Kindness – the community initiative created to celebrate…
“This time of year, I wanted to be able to help ensure that the vulnerable in our community had a good Thanksgiving meal,” said Gary. “But it’s important to remember that these agencies need help year-round.” The Laurens Baptist Association (LBA) is a network of 51 Southern Baptist Churches and 2 mission churches in Laurens County. Director Kay…