A publication of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives

OUR COMMUNITIES

Stronger Together

Stronger Together

VMDAEC celebrates 80 years October 2024 by Gregg MacDonald, Staff Writer In 1964, when U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman proclaimed Co-Op Month a nationally recognized event to be celebrated annually each October, the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware...

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Sun Up to Sun Down

Sun Up to Sun Down

Farm Bureau honors Southampton County couple May 2024 by Gregg MacDonald, Staff Writer Community Electric Cooperative Board of Directors Chairman Jeannette Everett and her husband, M.L., recently made history. The couple is the first ever to receive the Distinguished...

Preserving the Past

Preserving the Past

Culpeper vineyards’ WWII museum continues to grow April 2024 by Gregg MacDonald, Staff Writer WHEN YOU WALK INTO CULPEPER’S OLD HOUSE VINEYARDS’ DISTILLERY TASTING ROOM, it’s like going back in time to a WWII officers’ club in occupied France. Military memorabilia...

Ditch Digging Done Right, Co-op Style

Ditch Digging Done Right, Co-op Style

Ditch Digging Done Right DONNA WEST WAS ON HER HANDS AND KNEES, PEELING BACK CLOTS OF DEBRIS AND WET LEAVES at a children’s playground in Murfreesboro, Tenn., when she made a discovery. “It’s a drain,” she said. “I wonder if anyone knew it was here.” Answer: Probably...

When 10,000 Leads to 120,000

When 10,000 Leads to 120,000

Millie Winstead tells the story of a woman who sadly informed her last fall that their traditional family contribution to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank wouldn’t be forthcoming in 2020 because she and her husband had been out of work for several months.

Coming Out On Top

Coming Out On Top

November/December 2021Our Communities is a story and picture feature that celebrates the spirit of co-op country. Have a submission that depicts your co-op or community? Contact [email protected] Out On Top ASHLEY KNAPP COULDN’T HELP BUT FEEL A LITTLE TUG...

Youth Tour 2021

Youth Tour 2021

September 2021Our Communities is a story and picture feature that celebrates the spirit of co-op country. Have a submission that depicts your co-op or community? Contact [email protected] spirited march on Williamsburg. OF THE MANY THINGS THAT THE GLOBAL...

Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight

August 2021It once was a community center. Now it needs help. IF YOU PASS BY IT, YOU MIGHT THINK IT WAS JUST AN OLD BUILDING. That’s a shame, because the Tuckahoe Neck Quaker Meeting House in Denton, Md., is one of the oldest wooden structures in continuous use as a...

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