ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round Up Committee has awarded $26,000 in grants to a dozen Valley organizations that support causes that feed the area’s hungry, expand access to the arts, clothe infants, and more.

Operation Round Up works through the generosity of co-op members, who voluntarily round up their monthly bills for charitable causes. A committee reviews grant applications from organizations three times a year.

Recipients in Rockingham County are Any Given Child Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Free Clinic, Open Doors and Spotswood Young Farmers.

Recipients for June in Augusta County include Dutch Hollow Cemetery and the Verona Community Center.

The final grant deadline for this year will be Tuesday, Oct. 1.