Kosciusko REMC Partners with Ryan’s Case for Smiles

for 2023 Cooperative Community Day

Warsaw, Ind. (Oct. 23, 2023) - Indiana’s electric cooperatives hosted their annual Cooperative Community Day on Friday, October 13. The initiative provides electric cooperatives the opportunity to use their time, skills and expertise to make a positive impact throughout the state of Indiana. This year, Kosciusko County REMC (KREMC) joined more than twenty other Indiana electric cooperatives in addressing a community need with a special volunteer project.

KREMC was excited to partner with Ryan’s Case for Smiles, a non-profit organization providing unique, whimsical pillowcases to children with illnesses.

“We knew we wanted to do something special with Ryan’s Case for Smiles after Co-Coordinator Shannon Jenks appeared as a guest on our podcast, Live Wire,” said Andrea Melton, Marketing & Communications Specialist.

“Our employees were deeply touched by the organization’s story,” Melton explained.

It was decided that a “pressing party” would be a productive way to help the organization. KREMC employees worked in shifts over the course of the afternoon to iron and package more than 200 pillowcases. The pillowcases will be delivered to area hospitals and healthcare facilities.

CEO Kurt Carver said, “Indiana’s Electric Cooperatives’ Community Day provides an opportunity for us to amplify one of our seven cooperative principles: concern for community. Ryan’s Case for Smiles is an organization making a tremendous impact in our community and we are proud to be able to collaborate with them in this way.”

To learn more about Ryan’s Case for Smiles visit https://caseforsmiles.org/indiana.

Kosciusko REMC is a Touchstone Energy® electric cooperative serving over 18,500 accounts throughout Kosciusko County and into surrounding counties.

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