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Dixie Electric Power Association Helps Animal Rescue Group

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Dixie Electric’s Lucas Laird carries horse panel fencing as co-op crew volunteers build kennels for a new animal rescue group in Waynesboro, Mississippi. (Photo Courtesy: Dixie Electric)
Dixie Electric District Supervisor Dan Wooten first spotted abandoned pups at a co-op substation, which led to co-op staff volunteering to build kennels at the animal rescue group that took in the dogs. (Photo Courtesy: Dixie Electric)
(L-R) Dan Wooten, Matthew Spiers and Ben Blailock from Dixie Electric dig holes to support posts for a privacy wall at the Wayne County Animal Rescue League. (Photo Courtesy: Dixie Electric)
Dan Wooten, Dixie Electric district supervisor, calms a large black mutt in one of the 10 new kennels built by co-op volunteers at the Wayne County Animal Rescue League. (Photo Courtesy: Dixie Electric)
Dixie Electric employees (L-R) Ben Blailock, Lucas Laird, Matthew Spiers and Brian Barkley volunteered a half day to build 10 kennels for the Wayne County Animal Rescue League, a nonprofit on co-op lines. (Photo Courtesy: Dixie Electric)
PublishedSeptember 22, 2021

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