Recent VEC Customers Shares Grants Awarded
Your Change Changes Things
The VEC Customers Share program funded $25,100 in community service grants in September. Since the inception of the program in October 2001, $7,308,749.00 in grants have been awarded.
The deadline for grant applications is the last working day of each month. For additional information, contact the office of Marketing and Economic Development at 423-334-7051. Applications are also available online at www.vec.org.
Organizations receiving grants in September 2021
| Organization | Funded |
| Project Lifesaver | $1,300.00 |
| Friends of Pickett County Library Christmas Market | $1,200.00 |
| TAD Center | $1,200.00 |
| Pickett County High School Golf | $1,200.00 |
| New Life Community Kitchen | $1,000.00 |
| Crossville Rotary Foundation | $1,000.00 |
| Spring City Lions Club | $1,000.00 |
| Monterey Lions Club Disaster Response Team | $1,000.00 |
| Ooltewah Harrison Education Foundation | $800.00 |
| Benton Fall Festival Booster Club | $800.00 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region- Meigs Unit | $800.00 |
| Chilhowee Middle School Girls Basketball | $800.00 |
| Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) | $760.00 |
| York Institute Golf Program | $750.00 |
| Hale’s Chapel Community Center | $700.00 |
| Calhoun Elementary Cheerleaders | $600.00 |
| Luminary-Frostbite Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | $500.00 |
| STARTS (Support The ARTS) | $500.00 |
| Boots N Roses Dance Club | $500.00 |
| Rogers Creek PTO | $500.00 |
| Meigs County Rodeo | $500.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee- McMinn County | $500.00 |
| Midway High School -School Wide Positive Behavior (SWPBS) | $500.00 |
| Homestead Elementary School – SWPBS | $500.00 |
| Monterey First Baptist Church Trunk or Treat | $500.00 |
| Monterey High School Jr High Girls Volleyball | $500.00 |
| Maple Grove Community Seniors | $500.00 |
| BASIC of TN, INC | $500.00 |
| Shenandoah Boys Ranch | $400.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee- Polk County | $400.00 |
| American Red cross of Southeast Tennessee- Hamilton County | $400.00 |
| Midway Quarterback Club | $350.00 |
| Midway Youth Cheerleading Organization | $350.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee- Meigs County | $300.00 |
| Bradley Knights | $250.00 |
| Bradley Central Football Booster Club | $250.00 |
| Women of Hope | $250.00 |
| Prospect Elementary School PTO | $250.00 |
| Fentress County Bulldogs Football | $245.00 |
| Fentress County Bulldogs Cheerleaders | $245.00 |
| Meigs Quest for Success | $200.00 |
| Meigs Decatur Public Library | $200.00 |
| American Cancer Society- Cumberland County | $100.00 |
