More than 120 volunteers from across the country joined forces in Smyrna, Tennessee, prior to the February National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Annual Meeting on a Touchstone Energy Community Service Project. This time the team made improvements throughout a housing co-op neighborhood in Smyrna, southeast of Nashville, where the NRECA Annual Meeting was held.
The team did landscaping and demolition, retrofitted lighting, organized clothing donations, distributed food and completed painting projects for community and learning centers.
This was the 10th community service project organized in conjunction with the national annual meeting attended by electric cooperative directors, managers and staff members. In the last 10 years, more than 1,000 volunteers have put in 8,000 hours. The volunteer teams have worked with United Way, local schools, Habitat for Humanity and other charitable organizations in the communities where the annual meeting is being conducted.
Touchstone Energy is the umbrella brand that connects local electric cooperatives nationwide.