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CONNECTIONS®
 Members
of Farmers’ Electric’s Cooperative can take advantage of FEC’s Co-op Connections Card® or key
fobs and save on purchases at well over 100 local and national
companies. March 1 marks the first-year anniversary of the Connections Card. When the
money-saving card was first announced to FEC members in the March 2008 issue of the Rural
Missouri magazine, there were just over 40 local companies
participating. At this writing, more than 100
local companies and more than 60
national companies are offering discounts to FEC card carrying
members.
A
wide variety of discounts are being offered by local business such as merchandise,
maintenance services, hotel or motel rooms, restaurants and more. The best thing about the FEC
Co-op Connections Card is that it is absolutely free for members of Farmers’ Electric Cooperative.
It is important to note that this is not a
credit card or a debit card. The FEC Co-op Connections Card® is a discount card that can be used to
save money at any participating business. This includes other businesses that offer
discounts through the Co-op Connections Card® offered
by other rural electric cooperatives in Missouri and other states across this
country. Businesses in 14 different communities in or next to FEC’s service territory are offering
discounts to FEC members who use their Co-op Connections Card®.
Those communities who
have businesses offering Co-op Connections Card® discounts
include: Bogard, Braymer, Brookfield, Cameron, Carrollton, Chillicothe,
Jamesport, Lawson, Ludlow, Norborne, Rayville, Richmond, Trenton and
Wheeling.
The
complete listing of all local
and national companies participating in the pro-gram and what their specific discounts
and exclusions are may be found by clicking these links (the pages
will open in a new window which you may close to return to this
page which will remain open).
FEC’s Co-op Connections Card®
is another benefit of being a member of your cooperative.
It’s easy to use. Just show your Co-op Connections Card® to participating businesses and
enjoy your savings every day.
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Participating Businesses | National
Participating Businesses
FEC’s Co-op Connections Card
Program Now Offers New Dental, Vision, Hearing Plan;
Upgrades Pharmacy Discount
Rural
Missouri May, 2008
Farmers’ Electric’s Co-op Connections
Card program now offers an inexpensive dental, vision and hearing savings plan that will
save FEC members money across the nation. Plus, anew FREE pharmacy discount program
has just been activated by FEC’s Co-op Connections Card program, too.
The new Co-op Connections Card offer pro-vides significant discounts at a number
of national chains. FEC members can save 15percent to 60 percent on dental services at
any of the thousands of Aetna Dental Access offices. Ten to 60 percent can be saved on eye
exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses and even LASIK surgery at
LensCrafters, Pearle Vision and JC Penney Optical. Fifteen to 50 percent discounts are also
available on hearing aids and hearing care at any of the Beltone office locations, which
includes mail order products.
The special discounts for dental, vision
and hearing are available to Farmers’ Electric members for only $4.25 per month for
the entire family.
To enroll in this program you must use
the internet. Please go to www.connections.coop.
On your page there will be a square icon with the words Dental, Vision & Hearing
SAVINGS. Click on this icon. Scroll down the page until you come to a headline that reads: Where
to redeem this offer. Under that headline click on the following: www.cooperativehealthysavings.com/?22203VAO2 and follow the directions.
New Pharmacy
Discounts - Farmers’ Electric is a Touchstone Energy
Cooperative and part of a national network of rural electric cooperatives working to save
you money. The Touchstone cooperatives have recently teamed up with New Benefits, Ltd
to provide free pharmacy discounts to all Co-op Connections Card
holders. New Benefits is a privately held company with over 100 employees in Dallas,
Texas. The pharmacy discounts through your Co-op Connections Card include:
- 10 percent to 60 percent on most
short-term and acute care medications.
- Online Drug Price Check Utility
provides members with the ability to find the price of their prescriptions at participating locations
in their zip code.
- Over 48,000 national and regional
pharmacy chain stores participate, as well as independent pharmacies
nationwide.
- One card can be used for the entire
family.
- Chains included in this program
include CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Target, as well as local pharmacies in the area, including
Hometown Pharmacy, in Chillicothe.
FEC Connections Card
Can Save You Money on Prescriptions
Rural
Missouri April, 2008
In the March edition of the Rural Missouri magazine you received
an FEC Co-op Connections Card, which is good for discounts from
local and national merchants. An added member benefit of the Co-op Connections Card program
is that of pharmacy discounts. The card provides immediate
discounts at participating retail pharmacies. The card, however,
cannot be used in conjunction with insurance. It can be used to purchase
prescriptions not covered by your insurance at a discounted rate.
At this writing, the Co-op
Connections Card is accepted at over 48,000 retail pharmacies
nationwide, including CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Target and more.
You can find participating pharmacy locations at www.locateproviders.com.
The program also offers a mail order Rx, which provides the
convenience of home delivery with no postage or dispensing fees
added. This allows you to maximize your savings if you require long
term medication, since most long term medicines are purchased in 90
day supplies.
If you look on the back of
your FECCo-op Connections Card, you will see at the bottom of the
card information pertaining specifically to provider or pharmacy
questions. You can also find out the discounted price of the prescriptions
before going to a pharmacy by visiting www.rxpricequotes.com.
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In 1993, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative established the Area Youth Benefit Fund (AYBF) for the purpose of providing financial assistance toward the payment of medical bills for children 18 years of age and under. The fund is designed to assist families with children who have been ill or injured in which the parents do not have enough money or health insurance to cover the medical costs.
The CYCLE program is a three day conference held in Jefferson City in late July. It brings in some of the brightest young leaders from across Missouri. The focus is to show students more about electric cooperatives, teach leadership skills and experience Missouri state government.
Your electric cooperative is beginning a new program to provide financial assistance toward the payment of medical bills for children 18 years of age and under. Operation Round Up uses the “Power” of cooperative member participation to provide revenues that will be used to assist area families who have children that have been ill or injured in which the parents do not have enough money or health insurance to cover the medical costs.
continue. The Operation Round Up program is another means in which more money can be raised in order that more medical bills may be paid. A separate Board of Directors oversees the charity’s requests for assistance and provides guidance in other
areas. By participating in the Operation Round Up program, the most money you will annually
contribute is just $11.88. The average Operation Round Up participant contributes about
$6 a year. Through your generous donation and the involvement of FEC members across north central Missouri, your cooperative’s charity can have
a major impact on area families that are struggling to pay expensive medical bills for children.
