Checks were presented to local helping agencies whose staff qualifies recipients and administers the funds. The emergency relief funds are to help local residents needing financial assistance with any type of energy bill, including electric, propane, heating fuel, kerosene, etc.
All donations are tax deductible.
Donations are accepted at the local Blue Ridge Electric office or can be mailed to the attention of Grey Scheer, director of community relations, Blue Ridge Electric, PO Box 112, Lenoir, NC, 28645. Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation is a cooperative utility serving over 62,000 members in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties as well as parts of Wilkes and Alexander counties. Its subsidiary, Blue Ridge Energies, provides propane, heating fuel, kerosene, hearth products, and commercial gasoline to a growing territory from offices in Boone, Lenoir, Morganton, and West Jefferson.