Halifax Helps – Helping the Communities We Serve

Posted: May 15, 2025 at 9:47 am

Established in 2008, Halifax Helps, Inc. provides financial assistance to areas served by Halifax EMC through funding projects that meet one of the following five criteria: education, economic development, energy efficiency, environment, or emergency response. Funds for the Halifax Helps grants are voluntarily generated through Operation Round-Up by “rounding up” members’ electric bills to the nearest dollar.

The following organizations received Halifax Helps grants in 2024:
• Arcola VFD
• Drewry VFD
• KIPP Eastern NC
• Roanoke-Wildwood VFD
• Fleming’s Outreach & Resource Center
• Chapel Hill Baptist Church
• Enfield FD
• The John 3:16 Center
• Warren Co. Rescue Squad
• Historic Whitakers Chapel Preservation Committee
• Historic Halifax Restoration Association
• Macon Rural FD
• Historic Episcopal Church of the Advent
• Town of Halifax
• The Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad
• Building Bridges Without Limits (First Baptist Church)
• Mu Theta Sigma Alumnae