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Atmos Energy donates money to Starkville organization

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Atmos Energy donates money to Starkville organization
Atmos Energy donates money to Starkville organization
Prarie Opportunity Community Action Agency is the lucky recipient

Residents who have trouble paying their gas bills can get some help from a local organization thanks to the atmos energy company.

Wayne hereford tells us why the money will definitely come in handy for a lot of people.

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"prarie opportunity community action agency in starkville received 75- hundred dollars from atmos energy today.

Its money that's greatly needed.

Especially during the pandemic and especially as the weather begins to turn colder."

Natsot.."its sometimes lost on us how valuable , how wonderful, how critically wonderful community action agencies are."

Bobby morgan of the atmos energy corporation from starkville came to give the prairie opportunity action agency a check for 75- hundred dollars.

Its money that will be put to good use immediately .

Laura marshall is the executive director of the agency.

" a lot of calls are the non- traditional calls of persons who have been affected by covid -19.

Loss of jobs , unemployment .

Just all different areas of their lives have changed."

Tomeka rhine is a case manager at prarie.

She knows what it means to need help on a gas bill because she called the organization for assistance back in august .

Laura marshall and others were so impressed with her they gave her a job with the agency.

"the voice on the other end of the phone just encouraged me to come to prarie opportunity .

Because they had finances to assist me .

I was hesitant because i didn't want , being proud because i just really didn't want to ask for help .

But she was very persistent in me coming."

Laura marshall says the organiztion received money earlier in the year to help with utility bills.

This latest check will go to help others like tomeka rhine make it through the pandemic and the winter months.

"the thing is when they call in, making them understand that its o.k.

Everyone is having a hard time."

Standup out.."the prairie community action agency covers eight counties here in our area including choctaw , clay,lowndes ,noxubee,oktibbe ha , webster, winston and leake counties.

In starkville wayne hereford wtva nine news

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