MTE donates to Rescue Squad

Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation's Customers Care has donated $5,000 of its Operation Round Up funds to the Cannon County Rescue Squad."We are so very grateful to MTE Customers Care for supporting our volunteer rescue squad," Cannon County Rescue Squad Chief Operating Officer Tim Bell said. "This donation will help with the purchase of emergency equipment needed to serve the community."

"We are so very grateful to MTE Customers Care for supporting our volunteer rescue squad," Cannon County Rescue Squad Chief Operating Officer Tim Bell said. "This donation will help with the purchase of emergency equipment needed to serve the community." The Cannon County Rescue Squad, Inc., is a nonprofit organization which provides primary rescue services to the citizens of Cannon County.

The Cannon County Rescue Squad, Inc., is a nonprofit organization which provides primary rescue services to the citizens of Cannon County.
In 2014, Customers Care has given more than $804,393 to 120 organizations across MTEMC's four-county service area. The receiving organizations use the funds to assist MTEMC members and their families during their times of need. Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation is a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative providing electricity to more than 200,000 residential and business members in Cannon, Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson counties.

These grants are administered through the Customers Care board, which tracks incoming contributions from Operation Round Up, an initiative that rounds up a member's bill to the next highest dollar. Since 2003 Operation Round Up has distributed more than $7.5 million to 545 organizations across the region.

For more information on Customers Care or Operation Round Up, log on to our website at www.mtemc.com or call 615-494-1065.