OREMC gives Okefenokee Heritage Center $4,000 grant

Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation recently awarded the Okefenokee Heritage Center a $4,000 grant. The funds will be used to install a new roadside sign at the front of the building. “The new sign will be installed on the front of the building in honor of our 50th Anniversary,” said OHC Executive Director Carla Garrett Cornett. “We felt it would be a great way to kick off the next 50 years.” The funds are part of OREMC Foundation’s second quarter grant distributions, which also included organizations in Brantley and Glynn Counties. According to www.oremc/foundation.com. Members and supporters of OHC on hand for the check presentation were (front l-r) La-Ferrell Barnes, Steve Strickland, Cornett, Diane Brown, Ronda Dowling, OREMC Foundation President Ruby Ann Sawyer and Brooke Joiner. (Back l-r) Allen Allnoch, Bob Brown, Susan Newman, Sharon Callaway and Milva Knight.