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Commitment to Community

Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) & Calhoun Liberty Credit Union Unite To Provide Food for Local Students

From left, Wewahitchka Elementary School Principal Jennifer Guffey, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative Vice President of Marketing and Communications Kristin Douglas, Wewahitchka Elementary School Principal Designee Stephanie Bailey, Wewahitchka Elementary School Guidance Counselor Jessie Pippin, Calhoun Liberty Credit Union CEO Thomas Flowers and Calhoun Liberty Credit Union Chief Operating Officer Teri Waldron hold up backpacks filled with food that will be distributed to local students, helping ensure they have meals during the Thanksgiving break.

Staying true to the cooperative principle of Concern for Community and the Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives’ core value of Commitment to Community, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative recently teamed up with Calhoun Liberty Credit Union to provide backpacks full of food for local students in need. Together, employees packed 1,000 backpacks with pasta, tuna, cereal, granola bars, fruit cups, pudding cups, and cookies.

Just in time for the weeklong Thanksgiving break, more than 500 of these backpacks were distributed on November 21 to Wewahitchka Elementary School, Wewahitchka High School, Port St. Joe Elementary School, Port St. Joe High School, and North Florida Child Development.

“We are proud to partner with Calhoun Liberty Credit Union on this community service project,” says Kristin Douglas, GCEC vice president of marketing and communications. “Our local schools are doing a wonderful job of making sure students receive breakfast and lunch during the week. We want to help bridge the gap for students over Thanksgiving break.”