by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer Sep 23, 2021 | Co-op News , Featured Connections , PC Featured News , Press Releases
With the help of instructor J.T. Jacobs, Shanoa Wright of Louisa County High School operates a hot stick at the Girl Power Camp. (Photo By: Jim Robertson) Eleven high school girls got a taste of what it’s like to be an electric utility lineworker at the first Girl...
SVEC Board Chair Dr. Conrad Helsley (l) and President and CEO Greg Rogers (c) present retiring SVEC corporate attorney Dale Davenport with a resolution from the board commending him for 29 years of service to co-op members.
by Staff Reports Aug 24, 2021 | Co-op News , Connections Archive
SVEC’s board and select staff gathered at the headquarters in Rockingham County, Va., for the telephone town-hall-style event. More than 100 members registered to receive a call to participate. The cooperative met its quorum requirements for the business meeting...
Fron left, 2021 Youth Tour delegates from left, Gavin Fowler, CommunityElectric Cooperative; Thomas Connolley, Alyssa Boltz, Lauren Kang and Owen Mank, Choptank Electric Cooperative; Bella Bunn, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative; Hunter Green, Luke Richey and Cody Scarce, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative; and Natalee Coates, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, stand by the James River at Jamestown Settlement. (Photo By: Jim Robertson)
by Staff Reports Aug 9, 2021 | Connections Archive
For more than 50 years, teens from rural America have traveled to Washington, D.C., each summer for the “trip of a lifetime,” thanks to their local electric cooperatives. No thanks to a global pandemic, the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour was canceled in both 2020 and...
Fred Garber and his wife Barbara display his 2021 Electric Cooperative Leadership Award. (Photo By: Steven Johnson)
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer Jul 26, 2021 | Press Releases , Resurgence Annual Meeting
Fred C. Garber of Mount Jackson, a farmer, businessman, and longtime electric cooperative director, is the 2021 Electric Cooperative Leadership Award recipient from the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. Garber received the...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer May 7, 2021 | Co-op News , Press Releases
A Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative member has been honored with the Good Samaritan Award for her tireless efforts on behalf of foster children and other children who have been victims of abuse or neglect, or are at risk. Tina Marie Scully of Winchester received...
