Recent VECustomers Shares Grants Awarded
Your Change Changes Things
VEC Vice President of Marketing and Economic Development presented a grant check to Jim Reed of Rhea Alliance.
The VECustomers Share program funded $29,000 in community service grants in September. Since the inception of the program in October 2001, $6,133,408 in grants has 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:
| Organization | Town | Grant |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Ocoee Region, Andor Division | Cleveland | $ 200.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee | Chattanooga | $ 200.00 |
| Monterey High School Volleyball Parent Group | Monterey | $ 250.00 |
| Mended Hearts Chapter 127 | Cookeville | $ 250.00 |
| Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation, Inc.- Cumberland County | Knoxville | $ 250.00 |
| Agape Preschool at Monterey United Methodist Church(UMC) | Monterey | $ 250.00 |
| Benton Fall Festival Boost Club | Benton | $ 300.00 |
| Polk County High School Volleyball Club | Benton | $ 300.00 |
| Benton United Methodist Women, Feed My Sheep | Benton | $ 300.00 |
| TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition | Crossville | $ 300.00 |
| Lake Forest Wrestling | Cleveland | $ 300.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee | Chattanooga | $ 300.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee | Chattanooga | $ 300.00 |
| Family Cornerstones | Cleveland | $ 300.00 |
| Chilhowee Middle School Softball Booster Club | Benton | $ 400.00 |
| Rhea County High School Soccer | Evensville | $ 400.00 |
| Cumberland County High School Culinary Arts | Crossville | $ 400.00 |
| Eagle Dugout Club | Dayton | $ 400.00 |
| Rhea County 4-H | Dayton | $ 400.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee | Chattanooga | $ 400.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee | Chattanooga | $ 400.00 |
| Downtown Summer Nights as Downtown Halloween Night | Decatur | $ 400.00 |
| Clarkrange Volunteer Fire Department | Clarkrange | $ 500.00 |
| Monterey FCCLA-(Family Community Career Leaders of America) | Monterey | $ 500.00 |
| Paint Rock Baptist Church-Outreach Committee | Philadelphia | $ 500.00 |
| Clarkrange High School Boys Basketball | Clarkrange | $ 500.00 |
| Midway Quarterback Club | TenMile | $ 500.00 |
| Midway Youth Cheerleading Organization | Kingston | $ 500.00 |
| Midway Middle School Wave Serve Club | TenMile | $ 500.00 |
| Midway Middle School Football Boosters | Kingston | $ 500.00 |
| Manna House Ministries | Jamestown | $ 500.00 |
| Wesley Sack Pack Program- Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church | Cleveland | $ 500.00 |
| Meigs County Baseball Boosters | Decatur | $ 600.00 |
| Meigs County FFA Alumni | Decatur | $ 600.00 |
| Decatur Civitan Club | Decatur | $ 600.00 |
| Ooltewah High School Band Boosters | Ooltewah | $ 700.00 |
| Chilhowee Middle Cross Country | Benton | $ 700.00 |
| Better Living Center | Athens | $ 1,000.00 |
| Fentress County Children’s Center | Jamestown | $ 1,000.00 |
| American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee | Chattanooga | $ 1,000.00 |
| New Life Community Kitchen | Cleveland | $ 1,000.00 |
| Pickett County Historical & Geneology Society | Byrdstown | $ 1,250.00 |
| Friends of Pickett County Library Christmas Market | Byrdstown | $ 1,250.00 |
| Brown Middle School PTO | Harrison | $ 1,500.00 |
| Hospice of Cumberland County INC | Crossville | $ 1,550.00 |
| Monterey High School Band | Monterey | $ 1,750.00 |
| Cumberland Children’s Center- House of Hope | Crossville | $ 2,500.00 |