2023 made for Coastal Electric’s biggest Member Appreciation Week ever

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Member appreciation winner Charles Tilton poses with his check
Con­grat­u­la­tions to the win­ner of the $1,000 Mem­ber Appre­ci­a­tion grand prize, Charles Tilton of Mid­way! When Charles and his wife, Bar­bara, stopped by to reg­is­ter May 24, they went home with a “rain check” for a Lodge Cast Iron Skil­let. Lit­tle did they know that they’d be back the very next day to claim a $1,000 cash prize.

More Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive mem­bers par­tic­i­pat­ed in this year’s Mem­ber Appre­ci­a­tion Week than ever before, with 2,477 mem­bers reg­is­ter­ing in per­son dur­ing the three days pre­ced­ing the co-op’s 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing.

A big draw this year, in addi­tion to a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize, was the mem­ber reg­is­tra­tion gift—a 10.25-inch Lodge Cast Iron Skil­let brand­ed with the Coastal Elec­tric logo and Lodge Sil­i­cone Hot Han­dle Hold­er.

Dur­ing Mem­ber Appre­ci­a­tion Days, May 22–24, mem­bers could stop by the Coastal Elec­tric offices in Mid­way or Rich­mond Hill to reg­is­ter for the Annu­al Meet­ing, vote to elect direc­tors and pick up a skil­let. The response was so pos­i­tive, Coastal Elec­tric hand­ed out more than 2,000 skil- lets by Wednes­day morn­ing and began giv­ing “rain checks” in lieu of skil­lets. On Thurs­day, May 25, mem­bers tuned in to the Annu­al Meet­ing, which was live-streamed on Face­book and Coastal Electric’s web­site. Charles Tilton of Mid­way won the $1,000 grand prize before CEO Chris Fettes gave a year-in-review, which includ­ed:

  • Coastal Fiber update.
  • Dis­cus­sion about elec­tric vehi­cles and their grow­ing impact on our area.
  • How Coastal Elec­tric is play­ing a part in local schools’ sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing and math (STEM) pro­grams.
  • Bring­ing a his­toric square back to life in Darien.
Members pose with their Lodge skillet gifts
Almost 2,500 mem­bers reg­is­tered dur­ing this year’s Mem­ber Appre­ci­a­tion Days—more than ever before. These three neigh­bors from Lib­er­ty Coun­ty stopped by the Rich­mond Hill office as they were out on a girls day out.

Fol­low­ing the year-in-review, mem­bers could watch the busi­ness por­tion of the Annu­al Meet­ing held at the co-op’s head­quar­ters in Mid­way. Mem­bers reelect­ed incum­bent direc­tors Lau­ra McGee (Bryan Coun­ty), John Woods (Lib­er­ty Coun­ty) and Rea­gan Odom (McIntosh/Long coun­ties) to new three-year terms on the co-op board.

Mem­bers who sub­mit­ted their email address­es were put into a draw­ing for $250. The win­ner was Tajana Jones of Mid­way.

You can find the 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing video on Coastal Electric’s YouTube chan­nel or Face­book page.

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