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Page 2A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, October 16,2019 Lee County Family Connection awarded grant from Sumter EMC Foundation Special to the Ledger The Sumter Electric Membership Corpora tion Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $2,683.33 to the Lee County Family Connection. Proceeds from the grant will be used for technology upgrades. “One of the seven guiding principles that govern the way Sumter EMC operates is in volvement in the com munities we serve. This project is a great exam ple of how good things happen when people in a community work togeth er for a common goal. Through this grant from our Foundation, Sumter EMC is proud to help provide the technology needed for the program director to assist cli ents, lead the programs provided by the orga nization and serve the community better,” said Andrea Walker, Chair man of the Sumter EMC Foundation. The Sumter EMC Foundation was founded in 2003 and is funded by cooperative members participating in Sumter EMC’s Operation Round Up®. Every month Sum ter EMC rounds up the electric bill of participat ing members to the next whole dollar amount and deposits the difference into an interest bearing account. The proceeds of the account are admin istered by the Sumter EMC Foundation’s board of trustees through grants to local schools, civic and charitable orga nizations. One hundred percent of the money collected is given back to the community through these grants. To date the Foundation has awarded over $1,039,350 to com munity organizations in Sumter EMC’s service territory. If you are a Sumter EMC member and do not participate in Operation Round Up, please call the office at 800-342-6978 to join or sign up online at www. sumteremc.com. With Thank You Southwest Georgia The Albany a 0303G8®B033P HERALD Air Conditioning & Heating Co. n teesburg_Air I 5-v.^-g [ 1723 Philema Rd., Albany, GA AMHItUW SkwdM'd www.leesburgair.com • 888-8222 HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING It’s National Case Manager Week Oct. 13-19 TKcwhY&w for All Yow Vo-! FREE Pediatric and Adult Prosthetic Orthotic Diabetic Footwear Evaluations John P. Rodman, Sr., C.P.O., FAAOP, LPO U.S. Army (Retired) Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist Practice Manager LimBcaRe. PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS OF GEORGIA Albany Location Also In Americus, 1919 Palmyra Rd. Cordele, Tifton, 430-9778 And Valdosta 855-639-3202 www.limbcareonline.com We Are A Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Turning 65? Don’t Forget Your Medicare Supplement! 65? IVIUTUflL^OmflHfl Shop Now! It’s Open Enrollment! Aldridge Agency Is Now Offering Mutual of Omaha Medicare Supplemental Policies. The Time To Shop Is Now! 229-759-9841 • 108 HWY.32 STE C, LEESBURG, GA just an average of fifty cents per month, you can contribute to worthy causes like this and make a positive differ ence in your community. Sumter EMC is a locally owned and oper ated electric cooperative serving Chattahoochee, Dougherty, Lee, Marion, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sum ter, Terrell and Webster counties. Submitted Photos Lee County Elementary School students recently enjoyed learning about how camouflage helps animals survive in their habitat. 153 Robert B. Lee Leesburg, Ga 759-2963 A locally-owned family business, supplying building materials to south Georgia since 1898! Attention Hunters Stop In Now & Get Your... Deer Corn & Deer Stands Full Line of Hardware And Building Materials Tiana Carter named to President’s List at Kennesaw State for Summer 2019 Special to the Ledger Tiana Carter of Lees burg was recently named to the President’s List for Summer 2019 at Kennesaw State Univer sity. Carter was among the more than 600 Ken nesaw State students who were honored for academic excellence in the summer semester. To be named to the Presi dent’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed at least 9 semester hours with a term grade point aver age of 4.0. A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State Uni versity is one of the 50 largest public institu tions in the country. KSU offers more than 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its more than 35,000 students. With 13 colleges on two metro Atlanta campuses, Ken nesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia and the third-largest university in the state. The univer sity’s vibrant campus culture, diverse popula tion, strong global ties, entrepreneurial spirit, and Division I athlet ics draw students from throughout the region and from 92 countries across the globe. Ranked a top choice for students by U.S. News, Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-des ignated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 6 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.
