This year’s Co-Ops Care Charity Golf Tournament, a partnership between Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Victory Electric Cooperative Inc., has raised over $16,000 for local charities in the communities we serve.  

Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, players, co-op employees, and volunteers, both our co-ops together have raised $16,138 for our respective charity organizations: The Cram the Van food drive and Dodge City’s Avenue of Flags.

These proceeds will be divided equally between these two charitable endeavors because “co-ops care!”

Concern for community is one of seven cooperative principles shared by Wheatland, Victory, and co-operatives across the nation. Concern for community means our organizations work for the sustainable development of our communities through policies supported by our members.

More than 120 golfers took part in this year’s second annual tournament, a four-man scramble held on Aug. 28, 2020, at Mariah Hills in Dodge City.

Wheatland’s Cram the Van food drive program began in 2014 and has since facilitated the collection of over 47 tons (95,527 lbs.) of food for local food banks in the communities we serve. The big red van travels each fall to communities across southwest and southcentral Kansas collecting donations and food items and distributing those items to the local food banks in which they were donated.

This year’s event would not have been possible without the assistance of the following sponsors:

Megawatt Sponsors ($1,000): BHC RHODES; CFC; Emerald Transformer; First Dental; ITC Great Plains; Lewis Ford of Dodge City; McDonalds of Dodge City; Pioneer Electric Cooperative; Sunflower Electric Power Corporation; and Techline, Inc.

Kilowatt Sponsors ($500): Anixter, Inc.; AV Energy; Bolinger, Segers, Gilbert & Moss; Border States Electric; J&J Powerline Contractors; Lee Inspections; Moehn Electrical Sales; Protective Equipment Testing Laboratory; ServiceMaster Clean; The Okonite Company; Underground Specialist Inc.; and Wesco.

Watt Sponsors ($250): CoBank; First National Bank – Scott City; KD Johnson Inc.; KEPCo; Landmark National Bank; Lynn Elliot Company; Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy Chtd.; M&S Engineering; NISC; Power Systems Engineering; Pro Enterprises LLC; Reliable Equipment; Stanion Wholesale Electric; and Sunbelt-Soloman Solutions.

Delivering Energy for Life – Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member owned distribution cooperative headquartered in Scott City, KS, was established in 1948 as a distribution and power cooperative in the state of Kansas. Today, we serve more than 33,000 electric meters in 17 different counties and maintain over 4,000 miles of distribution power lines across western and south central Kansas. Together, with the help of our members, we are committed to building a better and stronger rural America. For more information visit https://www.weci.net/our-story.