Blue Ridge Energies Helps Residents in Caldwell, Burke, Ashe and Alleghany Counties With Matching Funds Campaign   

For Immediate Release 

Contact: Renee R. Whitener, Director of Corporate Communications, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Phone: (828) 758-2383, E-mail:  Renee Whitener

Lenoir, North Carolina (February 8, 2001) – To assist local residents struggling with unusually high energy bills resulting from a record cold winter, Blue Ridge Energies and its parent company, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, is asking the public and its employees to join together in a matching funds campaign to provide emergency relief funds for those in critical situations. Donations are tax deductible. 

Through the end of February, Blue Ridge will match every dollar donated up to $50,000. Donations will be distributed through local helping agencies such as the County Department of Social Services so that qualified staff can determine local residents who need assistance with any type of energy bill, including electric, propane, heating fuel, kerosene, etc. 

“The extremely cold weather and rising energy costs have presented challenges to some families this winter, and this is one way Blue Ridge Energies is helping meet the needs of our local residents,” said Doug Johnson, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. 

Want to Join the Cause?

Anyone interested in making a donation should make their check payable to BREMCare, which is an established charitable program of the Blue Ridge parent company that is designed to provide financial assistance to those in need of help with energy bills. 

Donations can be dropped off at your local Blue Ridge Energies office, or mailed to Grey Scheer, director of community relations for the Blue Ridge companies, at PO Box 112, Lenoir, NC, 28645. 

Those interested in applying for BREMCare funds should contact their local Department of Social Services, or in Alleghany County, they should contact Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission (BROC). 

Blue Ridge Energies provides propane, heating fuel, kerosene, hearth products, and commercial gasoline to a growing territory from offices in Lenoir, Morganton, Boone, West Jefferson, and Sparta. Its parent company, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, is a cooperative electric utility serving over 62,000 members in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany counties as well as parts of Wilkes and Alexander counties. 

For more information, contact Grey Scheer. 


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