The TVEC Charitable Foundation recently awarded a $2,000 grant to the Henderson County Historical Museum. The 1896 museum, located in downtown Athens, houses artifacts from the Henderson County area. The artifacts demonstrates what life was like in the early days of the county.
The TVEC Charitable Foundation is funded by donations from Operation Round Up. Operation Round Up is a voluntary program that allows TVEC members to round up their monthly electric bills to the next whole dollar amount. The portion that is rounded up goes to the TVEC Charitable Foundation and may be used to award grant requests to local charitable organizations.
Pictured are, from left, TVEC Energy Management Advisor Chris Walker, Sarah Brown and Betty Hollowell.