 Hello everyone, it's Vinicius your community outreach specialist and today I'm bringing you another very special blog I'm out in the beautiful city of Dade City and we are out and we are going to talk to Dave Lambert Who is with the Willa Coochie River Electric co-op and just speak to another great partner that we have in Paso County And you guys know I just love to bring you great partners that we do have and this is another one that we have so stay tuned Hello Thank you for coming out here to Dade City We appreciate everything that the sheriff does and we work with him on a ten-year basis for a lot of problems We know one of his new initiatives is building something that's very passionate about it's in our service territory And it has our members so I know the sheriff is working on a new project out there And we would like to donate $4,000 to his new project to help improve the area and drill. I love that! That is incredible! Thank you so much! And for all of our followers, I brought you guys a video on the Trilby initiative, so this is going directly to that Thank you for being such a great community partner. Thank you! Okay everyone, so I have Mr. Dave Lambert with me himself And he is going to talk to us just a little bit about the Willa Coochie River Electric co-op And how there's such a great partner that we have not only for PSO but in the community itself Absolutely Say hello to our viewers Hey everybody Awesome Hope you're having a great day We're here in Dade City with the Coochies based out of Dade City and we're a not-for-profit member-owned electric co-op We were started in 1947 and if you have electric service with us, you're a member And what differentiates us from investor-owned utilities like Duke Energy and Tico is that you own the cooperative I love that! So we care about you, we care about our communities and we partner with the sheriff And we work to try to really make a difference in our community So one example of that is our education foundation Willa Coochie has did over 1,860 scholarships, college scholarships for high school seniors Graduating to go to an in-state college university or technical school Absolutely incredible Amazing That is truly And we are having that process ongoing now and it's for $11,000 So we do over a million dollars in college scholarships each year and it really benefits our community And it really helps our members And it's for folks who otherwise would not have been able to afford a college education Which nowadays everyone needs Everyone needs, exactly! I love it So I will make sure for all of our viewers I will go ahead and put that information in the description below for you And I'll also bring you some more information in the next couple of weeks on that If you know someone that could look out and apply for it or you yourself I know we have a lot of young subscribers This could be for you too And it's not just for Pasco County It's for Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Sumter and Polk If you have service with us You and your graduating high school senior You could potentially get a scholarship I love that So be on the lookout guys But thank you just for being such a great partner to not only us but everyone in the county You guys are incredible Have a great day guys And don't forget to like, comment And if you haven't already, go ahead and subscribe And I'll see you next time Have a good one, bye-bye