SCOTT CITY – For the third consecutive year, Wheatland Electric Cooperative Inc., is giving away a $1,000 Sharing Success grant to a deserving organization located within its service territory.
Giving Goodness, a social media charity challenge, begins 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, and will run through 11:59 a.m. on Nov. 10. The public challenge is run entirely on the cooperative’s official Facebook page www.facebook.com/WheatlandElectric/.
Members of the public can help their favorite organization (or other community-based charitable cause) win a $1,000 Sharing Success grant by nominating one or more organizations starting Oct. 24 and then rallying their friends and family during three consecutive rounds of voting on Facebook.
Now, more than ever with the upcoming holiday season, Wheatland Electric recognizes the significance of helping one another, giving thanks, and paying it forward.
To participate, Facebook users should visit Wheatland’s official Facebook page starting Oct. 24 and nominate or tag their favorite local organization or community-based cause in our Giving Goodness social post.
The nominee must be an organization that serves members within our service territory and must not have already received a Sharing Success grant during our 2022 grant cycle. (For a complete list of Sharing Success recipients that are ineligible, see below.)
Participants should not only tag their favorite charitable or community-based organization but also tag their friends and family to garner more “likes.” These “likes” will count as individual votes toward the nominated organization. Voting on this first round will run through Oct. 31 at 11:59 a.m.
Starting Oct. 31, four eligible organizations with the most “likes” during the previous round will advance to a Final Four round, where they will square off. Participants can once again vote by “liking” their favorite contender though Nov. 7 at 11:59 a.m.
The top two organizations from our Final Four round will advance and battle for the Giving Goodness title starting Nov. 7.
Voting during the championship round will continue through Nov. 10, ending at 11:59 a.m.
The cooperative’s Giving Goodness winner will then be announced later the same day (Nov. 10) on social media. As a friendly reminder, “likes” must be on Wheatland’s original posts to count towards the voting process.
Area 2022 Wheatland grant recipients that are ineligible for this grant include:
• Central Baptist Church Bicycle Campground, Great Bend
• Barton County Historical Society, Great Bend
• Great Bend Alive, Inc., Great Bend
• Central Kansas Dream Center, Great Bend
• Kansas Children’s Service League, Great Bend
• United Way of Central Kansas, Great Bend
• Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation, Hoisington (Giving Goodness Winner 2021)
Contact Shajia Donecker, social media specialist, at sdonecker@weci.net.
