2025 Operation Round Up Recipients

2025 Recipients

$500 Grant

• Rocket Booster – Support for an after-prom party focused on student safety.

$1,500 Grants

• Fishing Klinics for Kids – Support for Fishing Klinics during Buffalo Days and other community events.
• Improve Your Tomorrow – Support for mentoring young men of color in the College Academy program.
• My Brother’s Keeper – Purchase of quilting supplies to create sleeping blankets for individuals experiencing homelessness.

$2,000 Grants

• Buffalo Youth Anglers Club – Sponsorship support for program components.
• St. Joseph the Worker Angel Quilters – Purchase of quilting supplies.
• West Village Homeschool Co-op – Support for student scholarship needs.

$2,500 Grants

• Annandale Art & Textile – Purchase of an additional loom and related accessories.
• Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP) – Support for the Meals on Wheels program.

$2,600 Grant

• Rise, Inc. – Purchase of wheelchair-accessible garden beds and adaptive equipment at the Crystal location.

$2,850 Grant

• Annandale Care Center – Purchase of three pianos for resident enrichment.

$3,000 Grant

• TreeHouse, Inc. – Support for one-to-one mentoring, peer support groups, trips, and activities.
• Angel Bears of Love – Providing Angel Bears to children and adults facing life-threatening illnesses.

$3,900 Grant

• Otsego Lions / Gifts Anonymous – Support for children in need during the holiday season.

$4,000 Grant

• Relate Counseling Center – Support for mental health services for high-risk, low-income clients.

$5,000 Grants

• Annandale Youth First – Student-to-student mentorship programming.
• Boys & Girls Club – Programming and meals for youth at Voyageur Environmental Center.
• CAER – Support for the Utility Assistance program.
• Friends of the St. Michael–Albertville–Hanover Library – Purchase of children’s books.
• Open Doors for Youth – Support for the Connections program serving youth experiencing homelessness.
• Thumbs Up High 5K – After-school mental health support programming.
• YMCA of the North – Support for youth scholarship programs.

$6,000 Grant

• Community Toys for Tots – Supplemental toy purchases for underserved age groups.

$6,490 Grant

• Freedom Farm – Support for a Sure Hand lift, overhead door, and arena heaters.

$6,500 Grant

• Gillespie Center – Support for weekly meal programs.

$7,500 Grants

• Angel Foundation – Emergency financial assistance for cancer patients.
• Can Do Canines – Support for an assistance dog.
• Children’s Home Society of MN – Support for education, adoption services, and family support programs.
• Great River Faith in Action – Support for transportation services.
• Helping Paws – Training service dogs for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Pay It Forward Fund – Support for women undergoing cancer treatment.
• Wishes and More – Support for fulfilling wishes for children with terminal or life-threatening conditions.

$8,000 Grants

• Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation – Financial assistance for breast cancer patients.
• Parenting with Grace, Inc. – Support for supervised visitation programs.

$8, 705 Grant

• Lake Ridge Health Care Center – Purchase of five power lifts and reclining chairs for resident rooms.

$10,000 Grants

• Buffalo Rotary Club – Adopt-A-Family gas and grocery cards.
• Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County – Low-income energy assistance.
• Love INC. Heartland – Support for the Fresh Start Program.
• Lutheran Social Services Crisis Nursery – Program staffing, provider reimbursements, and family transportation.
• Senior Community Services – Support for senior programs at Monticello and Crow River centers.
• True Friends – Replacement of an aging zero-turn lawnmower.
• WeCan – Support for emergency assistance programs serving individuals and families in need.

The impact of Operation Round Up is a true reflection of the cooperative spirit, neighbors helping neighbors, one bill at a time. Thanks to the continued participation of our residential and commercial members, more than $5.4 million has been donated to local causes since the program began in 1994. We extend our sincere thanks to our members for making this program possible and to the organizations receiving 2025 grants for the vital services they provide. Together, these small contributions create lasting change in the communities we call home.