FEC Youth Benefit Fund events net $45,000
Sep 5, 2018 | Community News |
The twenty-sixth annual dinner-auction and golf tournament for the Farmers’ Electric Area Youth Benefit Fund (AYBF) resulted in more than $45,000 raised this year. The monies raised included $5,300 from nearly 900 Farmers’ Electric Cooperative members who participate in Operation Round Up each month. The main auction raised $11,420. The highest bid item of the evening, a seven-day stay at a Florida condominium, went for $2,100. Other main auction items that brought top dollar included a two night “stay and play package” at Osage National Golf Course and two 2018 Mizzou football season passes. The three levels of the silent auction raised a combined $6,700. Chillicothe’s Elks Lodge hosted the Aug. 25 dinner-auction that was co-sponsored by Hedrick Medical Center.
The fundraising continued Aug. 27 at the Green Hills Golf Course. There were 49 teams of three participating in the golf tournament co-sponsored for the 20th consecutive year by Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Chillicothe. The groups were split into morning and afternoon flights. Thus far, including money raised from the golf tournament, the annual benefit has generated $45,298.
The Stifel Nicholas Investment Services of Chillicothe team won the tournament with a 58.
“As a charity, the Area Youth Benefit Fund relies on the generosity of our supporters to help us continue our mission. Thank you to everyone who donated their time, auction items or money, helping us help area families pay for their children’s medical bills,” said AYBF Coordinator Chasity Anderson. “We are overwhelmed with the fantastic support the community has given the Area Youth Benefit Fund for the twenty-sixth year in a row and offer a sincere thank you to all those that made this year’s events such a great success.”
In 1993, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative established the Area Youth Benefit Fund, a 501(c)3 charity to provide financial assistance toward the payment of medical bills for children 18 years of age and under. The fund is designed to assist families with children who have been ill or injured in which the parents do not have enough resources or health insurance to cover the medical costs.
The fund operates in the counties of Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Linn, Livingston and Ray. A family that resides in these counties does not have to be a member of the Cooperative to receive financial assistance. In the last 26 years, more than $751,000 has been distributed to 698 area families. Anyone wishing to make application for assistance should contact the Farmers’ Electric office at 660-646-4281 and ask for Jennie Tipton.
