THE B-Y ELECTRIC OPERATION ROUND-UP FUND COMMITTEE AWARDS THE FIRST GRANT RECIPIENT TO YANKTON FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The B-Y Electric Operation Round-Up Fund Committee awards the first grant recipient to Yankton Food For Thought. This is a non-profit organization that serves Yankton School District children and families who are food insecure. They requested a three-month supply of produce for their School Food Panty which currentlyserves178families which equals around 700 people. With 1 in 5 children being food insecure the Operation Round-Up Fund Committee saw the value that this organization brings to the community. “You can’t go wrong helping children, “Linda Stevens Operation Round-Up Committee Member stated.OnJuly6th,General Manager Stephanie Horst and the Operation Round-Up Fund Committee presented theYanktonFoodForThought Coordinator, Deb Overseth, andBoardMembersacheckfor $3696.00tohelpwiththeirsummer produceneeds.Inaddition totheSchoolFoodPantry,they alsohaveaSackPackprogram during the school year that provided 450 children food for the weekends.