Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation’s Customers Care donated $2,000 of its Operation Round Up funds to the Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club and its Healing Field Flags of Remembrance.

 “The Healing Field is an event honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice made for freedom,” Program Chair Rebecca Talley said.  “We really appreciate the donation made by MTE Customers Care members and could not do this without the support of sponsors.”

As well as the Memorial Day event, Murfreesboro Noon Exchange Club says it focuses on “programs of service in Americanism, community service, youth activities and its national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.”

Operation Round Up began in 2003 and has distributed more than $5.7 million into MTEMC’s communities.

The initiative “rounds up” members’ bills to the next highest dollar, with that extra change set aside for worthy causes. It is the responsibility of the Customers Care Board, which is composed of seven MTEMC members, to evaluate grant requests and send the money back to qualifying organizations.

Incoming contributions are tracked by county so the Customers Care Board can do its best to ensure money contributed by members in a certain county goes to that county. Any balances are carried over each month.

MTE Customers Care funds may not be used for political or expressly religious purposes, schools or school-related organizations.