SVEC Donates $30,000 to Area Organizations

Operation Round Up, SVEC’s charitable-giving program, added $30,000 to area organizations’ budgets this summer to assist with an array of initiatives, including food and hygiene purchases, lighting upgrades, holiday gift shopping and a back-to-school celebration.

Grants are awarded through a fund supported by co-op members who voluntarily round up their bills. SVEC also provides a corporate contribution.

The next, and final, round of giving for 2026 will occur in November. Applications are available here.

The July grant recipients are listed below.

Augusta/Highland

• Highland Medical Center: to purchase shelf-stable goods at its Sharing Shed for people who have food insecurity.
• Magnolia Rose Cottage: to purchase a whole home generator to ensure the human trafficking survivors it serves and their volunteers remain safe and secure in a power outage.

Page

• Community Works 4Page: to purchase fresh produce, ingredients and other supplies to prepare and deliver a variety of healthy soup meals to senior citizens in Page County.
• Page Library Association: to replace all current fluorescent lighting in the library with more energy-efficient LED lighting.
• People Inc. of Virginia: to provide a back-to-school celebration for low-income children in Luray.
• Shenandoah Elementary School PTA: to purchase musical instruments and instructional items for the music program.
• The Care Closet: to help with essential support, including food, hygiene products, diapers, formula, clothing and emergency assistance to individuals facing financial hardship.

Rockingham

• Massanutten Regional Library: to help establish a Little Free Pantry in Harrisonburg to support people who have food insecurity and to provide a simple, dignified way for neighbors to help one another.
• Moving Mountains: to aid the purchase of a motorized stair lift for a brain injury survivor residing in a multi-level home.

Shenandoah

• Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter: to provide emergency utility and housing stability assistance to Shenandoah County households.
• Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging: to provide emergency backup power for three commercial freezers.
• Shenandoah Community Health Clinic: to replace a broken water heater and repair broken gutters.
• Shen-Paco Industries: to help cover essential transportation costs for about 80 adults with disabilities across Shenandoah and Page counties.
• Wild Child: Museum & Menagerie: to replenish its scholarship fund, which provides programming opportunities for families representing low-income households, facing job loss, or that have a lack of social support.

Winchester/Frederick

• CCAP (Congregational Community Action Project): to help clients through a crisis by paying utility bills or rent and keeping them housed.
• The Kare for Kids Foundation: to purchase holiday gifts for local children, helping families to provide a happy Christmas for their children.