NICEVILLE — CHELCO is taking member appreciation on the road.
Members are invited to enjoy food and fun from 9-11 a.m. Aug. 27 at Bluewater Bay Elementary School, 4545 Range Road in Niceville.
Free food, Kona Ice, a member gift, bounce houses and local vendors will be available. CHELCO’s new Live Line Safety Demonstration Trailer will also be onsite to educate the community about power line safety and dangers.
Local vendors include Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance, Mid-Bay Rotary Club, Hurricane Grill and Wings, Okaloosa Sheriff’s Department, Panhandle Warriors, and the United Way of Okaloosa and Walton Counties.
North Bay Fire District will also bring fire trucks to the event. Twin Cities Hospital will offer free blood pressure screenings. In addition, CHELCO will have information on payment options, its Electric Newsletter, Co-op Connections and Switch to Save programs.
“Our territory is quite large, and we know many members cannot the attend annual meeting, which features fun, food and prizes,” said Vice President of Member Services Steve Wolfrom. “We decided to start having a member appreciation event at other locations. We will rotate it around the area to bring CHELCO to the members in other parts of Okaloosa and Walton counties.”
CHELCO is a not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative serving more than 48,000 accounts in Walton, Okaloosa, Holmes and Santa Rosa counties.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: CHELCO Member Appreciation Day scheduled