Caldwell, KS – Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. announced today that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to the Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department.

The Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department is comprised of 22 firemen and women that serve the City of Caldwell as well as three townships and one rural fire district, covering over 250 square miles.

Sharing Success grant funds will be used to assist outfitting firemen with updated equipment including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bottles for air packs. Upgraded equipment will help keep volunteers safe as they protect the lives and property of the communities and rural areas they serve.

The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from community-based organizations on December 1, 2012.  Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each contributed $10,000 this again year to the fund. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted. Since 2012, the Sharing Success Fund has made $125,000 available to community-based organizations and projects across Wheatland’s service territory.

Community based organizations interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund can apply online at https://www.weci.net/sharing-success-program. Questions should be referred to Alli Conine, Director of Member Services & Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.

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Our Mission: Delivering Energy for Life – Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member owned distribution cooperative headquartered in Scott City, Kans., was established in 1948 as a distribution and power cooperative, in the state of Kansas. Today, Wheatland Electric serves more than 33,000 electric meters in 14 Kansas counties and 3 Colorado counties and maintains over 4,000 miles of distribution power lines across southwest and central Kansas and eastern Colorado. Together, with the help of our members, we are committed to building a better and stronger rural America. Visit www.weci.net for more information.

Wheatland Electric member services and key accounts manager Mary Hoisington (center) presents a $1,000 Sharing Success grant to the Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department represented by (back row) Kenneth Smith, Ken Whaley, Trevor Stevenson, Fire Chief Scott York, (front row) Michael Smith, Cooper Bristor, and Joe Struble. Grant funds will be used to help outfit firemen with updated equipment.