Boone REMC was one of 28 electric cooperatives in Indiana that participated in the 2024 "Indiana's Electric Cooperative Community Day" on Friday, Oct. 11. Each October, which is National Cooperative Month, employees of electric cooperatives throughout the state unite in service to collectively demonstrate one of the Seven Cooperative Principles, concern for community. Ten Boone REMC employees spent the day volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of Boone County. "We're proud to support organizations like Habitat whose mission, like ours, is to improve quality of life," said Mandy Saucerman, Boone REMC Communications Director. "Community Day provides us with the opportunity to work in tandem with other cooperatives throughout the state to make a positive impact and tell our cooperative story." The volunteers installed drywall, hurricane ties, and caulking on one of the first homes in the Grace Fields neighborhood. Grace Fields is Habitat for Humanity of Boone County's first neighborhood. When complete, it will include 24 homes. "Boone County is facing a housing crisis," said Liz Qua, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Boone County. "Grace Fields is our solution to this problem, and we are so appreciative to all our partners in this project. Without volunteers like Boone REMC employees, we would not be able to build safe, affordable homes for hardworking families." Habitat for Humanity is the only not-for-profit organization in Boone County working to provide sustainable, secure, affordable, long-term housing for those in need. To learn more about Grace Fields, visit boonehabitat.org/grace-fields.
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