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Donation Will Help Buy Holiday Gifts for 500 Needy Children

FARMINGTON, MO. — A Thanksgiving week gift of $3,000 from the Electrical Connection to the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Association annual “Shop with a Cop” program will brighten the holidays for 500 needy children. The donation vaults the association to its $50,000 fundraising goal and will enable it to buy gifts for 500 local kids and their families.

The Electrical Connection has supported the program for the past 15 years, contributing more than $30,000 total.

“This has been an unbelievably tough year for low-income families,” said Danny Miller, owner of Farmington-based Total Electric. “The Electrical Connection is pleased to support the community it serves by helping ‘Shop with a Cop’ make Christmas brighter for disadvantaged children here.”

The Electrical Connection is a partnership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One and the St. Louis Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).

Members of the Electrical Connection provide safe and reliable electrical construction, maintenance, repair and replacement services across eastern Missouri.

The St. Louis Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) partners with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One to form the Electrical Connection. To learn more, go to www.electricalconnection.org.

A $3,000 donation from the Electrical Connection Nov. 24, 2009 vaulted the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Association to its $50,000 fundraising goal. From left: Danny Miller, Total Electric Inc.; Rodney Harris, St. Francois County Sheriff's Department; and Rodney Miller, Total Electric.