You can make a personal difference in someone's life just by donating your spare change! Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative offers a simple program, Operation Round-Up®, that allows you to make a difference in your local community.
The program allows you and other concerned customer-owners of ILEC to "round up" your monthly electric bills and donate the difference to a charitable fund to be used in ILEC's service territory. The minimum amount you contribute each month is one cent, and the maximum is 99 cents. For example if your bill was $78.01, you would round-up your bill 99 cents or if your bill was $78.99, you would be making a 1 cent donation; both bills with the round-up contribution would be $79.00.
All of the contributions collected by the Operation Round-Up® program will go back to your local community! Donations will be made from the fund to local organizations in need and also for severe family emergency disasters as approved by a committee formed from the Cooperative's Board of Directors. Local organizations who benefited from the Operation Round-Up® donations in 2009 included Faith, Hope & Charity and Newell Historical Society. As of December 31, 2009, Operation Round-Up® contributions from member-owners reached $12,276.30.
If you would like to sign up for this worthwhile program and help make a difference, please fill out the following online form or print and fill out the form below and return it with your next bill payment.
Sign up for Operation Round-Up®
Operation Round-Up® Authorization Form
If you are an individual or organization that is in need of monetary assistance, please fill out the appropriate online form below:
Individual/Family Assistance Online Form
Emergency/Disaster Assistance Online Form
Organization/Agency Assistance Online Form
Or, print off one of the following forms and send it in to:
Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative
702 South 1st Street
Estherville, IA 51334
Individual/Family Assistance
Emergency/Disaster Assistance
Organization/Agency Assistance