In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting financial impact on our members, VECustomers’ Share Board voted to distribute all funds received in April and May of 2020 to area food banks. A total of $26,550 was distributed to the following food banks:

Cumberland Good Samaritan – $2,950
First Baptist Church of Spring City Food Pantry – $2,950
West Polk County Baptist Food Bank – $1,475
We Are Polk – $1,475
Calhoun Charleston Food Pantry – $2,950
Peakland Baptist Church Outreach Street Ministry Mission Food Pantry – $2,950
New Life Community Kitchen – $2,950
Monterey Food Bank – $2,950
Bags of Blessings Meadowview Baptist Church – $2,950
Fentress County Food Bank – $2,950

Members of Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) have the option to have their monthly bill rounded up to the nearest dollar. The rounded-up change is distributed monthly by the VECustomers’ Share Grant program. Various organizations within the VEC Service Area apply for the grants, and the VECustomers Share board members meet and decide which programs receive funding.