Co-op News

Ga. Co-op Staffers Take Fitness Trip

Published: May 1st, 2012

Some employees at a Georgia electric cooperative are walking their way toward fitness, as they represent the co-op in the Walk Georgia program. The 12-week public awareness project, which began in... Read more

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Co-op Youngsters Head to Work

Published: May 1st, 2012

Some children of electric cooperative staffers learned recently that it takes a lot of people doing many different jobs to keep electricity flowing, as co-ops marked Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work... Read more

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Youth Tour Site Gets a Makeover

Published: April 30th, 2012

The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour of the nation’s capital includes all of the sights, sounds and excitement that more than 1,500 young co-op consumer-members can pack into a week. Now the people behind... Read more

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Demand Grows for Co-op History

Published: April 27th, 2012

As it turns 75, an electric cooperative in Minnesota is sharing its treasure trove of artifacts from the early days of rural electrification with a traveling exhibit. Items loaned by Dakota Electric... Read more

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Ohio Co-op Shines Light on Cancer

Published: April 25th, 2012

When cancer struck close to home, affecting a beloved co-op member and a wife of a board director, an Ohio electric cooperative wanted to show its support. So, Carroll Electric Cooperative... Read more

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Observing Earth Day Co-op Style

Published: April 24th, 2012

On the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, electric cooperatives across the nation observed the event in different ways. Youth outreach was a popular theme. Several co-ops hosted tours of solar arrays and... Read more

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Touchstone Energy in the Skies

Published: April 24th, 2012

Touchstone Energy’s fleet of hot air balloons will be carrying the spirit of electric cooperatives into blue skies across the nation this year. With three certified crews manning the... Read more