Press Release

WARSAW — Five Kosciusko County nonprofit groups will receive funding from the Kosciusko REMC (KREMC) Operation Round Up this month.

Since its inception in 2003, the fund has awarded 548 grants totaling more than $1.4 million.

KREMC Operation Round Up is a voluntary program through which KREMC members pool their resources together to help those in need by choosing to round up their monthly electricity bill to the nearest dollar. According to KREMC, each participating member contributes $6 a year on average.

This month, grants were awarded to The American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana, Presby Preschool, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School, Winona Lake Limitless Park, and Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts.

Red Cross was awarded $2,500 to add in the recovery process for Kosciusko County families displaced by house fires. Presby Preschool also received $2,500 to help fund new nature camps for four- to six-year-olds, which allow them to explore the outdoors and have new, creative experiences. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School received $2,500 to help supply students living in food-insecure homes with food for the weekend and school breaks.

The Town of Winona Lake was awarded $5,000 to support the final phases of development at Winona Lake Limitless Park. The project includes upgrades to the existing playground, beach and park landscape. Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts also received a $5,000 grant for the purchase of two new keyboards for the Wagon Wheel Conservatory educational programs.