20A MEMBER NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2012 Coastal Electric Cooperative December 2012 ot long after All Things Chocolate and More opened, a young woman walked in and asked for an item not on the menu. “A lady came in and said, ‘Please tell me you have chocolate-covered bacon,’ ” owner Scott Riccelli remem- bers. “Now, we are from New Jersey, and never heard of chocolate-covered bacon, so we figured she was kidding. But she was serious. So my wife found a way to make it.” Chocolate-covered bacon is just one of more than 300 items, most of them made on site, in the store, in the Publix shopping center, east of Richmond Hill, at 13000 Hwy. 144. The business is staffed by three generations of the Riccelli family. Scott’s wife, Rosalie; daughter, Margaret Riccelli Willis; Margaret’s husband, David, who owned a chocolate store in New Jersey for 13 years; and 11-year-old grand- daughter, Ava, all pitch in. “My wife is a wonderful cook; she makes all the special things,” Scott says. “David has been making chocolate for many years. My daugh- ter, Margaret, is a lovely person with the customers and children who come in, and I am the ‘gofer.’ When we need something, I am the one who goes for it.” With that many items on the menu, there is probably something for everyone. However, some things sell better than others. The top five favorites, according to Scott, are: • Cannoli • Pecan Delights—a pecan pie made into a cookie • Caramel covered in chocolate, with sea salt on it • Oh, My—Milk chocolate, peanut butter, pretzel chips, sea salt and then another layer of chocolate. When Rosalie first made these, she gave one to Margaret to try. Her first words after tasting it were “Oh, my.” • Peanut Butter Meltaways—a peanut butter blend with chocolate lightly mixed through the middle. Cannoli is not the only unusual item sold at All Things Chocolate and More. Lasagna, quiche, cheesecake and more also find their way onto the menu at times. “We try to make everything in small quantities so it is always fresh,” Scott says. “If we have to disappoint someone, we’d rather do it by not having something, than having it and it not being perfect.” Facebook users can keep up with all the cool places you can use you Co-op Connections discount card at www.facebook.com/MyElectricCoop. If you don’t have a card, pick one up free at All Things Chocolate and More or email mark.bolton@coastal emc.com. N Three generations of the Riccelli family keep things running at All Things Choco- late and More: From left, Scott Riccelli, Margaret Willis, David Willis and Ava Willis. Cooking in the kitchen and not pictured is Scott’s wife, Rosalie Riccelli. All Things Chocolate and More is not just a place for Easter or Valentine’s Day gifts.This piece, created for Christmas, is just one of many specialty items the Riccelli family can make. All Things Chocolate and More offers Co-op Connections Card holders a 10 percent discount on all items. All Things Chocolate and More joins Co-op Connections Card family
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MEMBER NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2012
Coastal Electric CooperativeDecember 2012
ot long after All Things Chocolateand More opened, a young
woman walked in and asked for anitem not on the menu.
“A lady came in and said, ‘Pleasetell me you have chocolate-coveredbacon,’ ” owner Scott Riccelli remem -bers. “Now, we are from New Jersey,and never heard of chocolate-coveredbacon, so we figured she was kidding.But she was serious. So my wifefound a way to make it.”
Chocolate-covered bacon is justone of more than 300 items, most ofthem made on site, in the store, in thePublix shopping center, east ofRichmond Hill, at 13000 Hwy. 144.
The business is staffed by threegenerations of the Riccelli family.Scott’s wife, Rosalie; daughter,
Margaret Riccelli Willis; Margaret’shusband, David, who owned achocolate store in New Jersey for 13 years; and 11-year-old grand -daughter, Ava, all pitch in.
“My wife is a wonderful cook;she makes all the special things,”Scott says. “David has been makingchocolate for many years. My daugh-ter, Margaret, is a lovely per son withthe customers and children whocome in, and I am the ‘gofer.’ Whenwe need something, I am the onewho goes for it.”
With that many items on themenu, there is probably somethingfor everyone. However, some thingssell better than others. The top fivefavorites, according to Scott, are:
• Cannoli• Pecan Delights—a pecan pie madeinto a cookie
• Caramel covered in chocolate, withsea salt on it
• Oh, My—Milk chocolate, peanutbutter, pretzel chips, sea salt andthen another layer of chocolate.When Rosalie first made these, shegave one to Margaret to try. Herfirst words after tasting it were “Oh, my.”
• Peanut Butter Meltaways—a peanutbutter blend with chocolate lightlymixed through the middle.Cannoli is not the only unusual
item sold at All Things Chocolate andMore. Lasagna, quiche, cheesecakeand more also find their way onto themenu at times.
“We try to make everything insmall quantities so it is always fresh,”Scott says. “If we have to disappointsomeone, we’d rather do it by nothaving something, than having it andit not being perfect.”
Facebook users can keep up withall the cool places you can use youCo-op Connections discount card atwww.facebook.com/MyElectricCoop. If you don’t have a card, pick one up free at All Things Chocolate andMore or email [email protected].
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Three generations of the Riccelli familykeep things running at All Things Choco -late and More: From left, Scott Riccelli,Margaret Willis, David Willis and AvaWillis. Cooking in the kitchen and notpictured is Scott’s wife, Rosalie Riccelli.
All Things Chocolate and More is notjust a place for Easter or Valentine’s Daygifts. This piece, created for Christmas, isjust one of many specialty items theRiccelli family can make.
All Things Chocolate and More offersCo-op Connections Card holders a10 percent discount on all items.
All Things Chocolate and More joins Co-op Connections Card family
GEORGIA MAGAZINECoastal Electric Cooperative20B www.CoastalElectric.coop
Bright Ideas rewards teachers for cl oastal Electric Cooperative and itsfoundation awarded 14 Bright
Ideas grants, totaling $20,000, toteachers in Bryan, Liberty and McIntoshcounty schools in Sep tember. Thewinning teachers were caught bysurprise when the Bright Ideas PrizeTeam came to their classroom topresent them with balloons, gifts and a Bright Ideas check.
Earlier this year, teachers wereinvited to apply for grants of up to$2,000 each. The Bright Ideas pro gramencourages teachers to develop
creative, innovativeprograms that might nototherwise be fundedthrough the schoolsystem. A panel ofindepen dent judgesreviews and scores theapplications.
The Bright Ideasprogram began atCoastal Electric Coop -erative when CEO WhitHollowell found manylocal schoolteachers
often had unique ideas for innovativeprojects and teaching concepts thatcould make it easier for students tolearn. But money to pay for thoseprojects was often outside of theclassroom budget.
Hollowell learned that teachers,
when they were able, often usedtheir own money to pay for theseprojects. But many times, because ofa lack of funds, a project or an ideathat could have inspired or sparkedthe imagination of a young studentjust didn’t get done.
So Hollowell proposed a programhe’d administered at a North Carolinaco-op where he had worked. In 2002,he launched the first Bright Ideasclassroom grant program in Georgia.
Soon, more than 20 other electricco-ops in Georgia had copied theprogram, which has spread intoSouth Carolina as well. Since theprogram’s inception, more than$170,000 has been awarded to localteachers.
Bright Ideas is made possible, inpart, through the voluntary donationsof the Coastal Electric Cooperativemembers who participate in Opera -tion Round Up®. Members allow theirelectric bills to be rounded up to thenearest dollar. Those nickels anddimes are turned over to The CoastalElectric Cooper ative Foundation,
which oversees the fund. Thefoundation uses the money to assistwith food, health, shelter, safetyand educational needs within thecommunity.
The Bright Ideas Prize Team caught the Liberty County Board of Education by surprisewhen they visitedWaldo Pafford Elementary School. From left, Patricia Haggray,Coastal Electric; Charles Frazier, board member; Verdell Jones, vice chair; Lilly Baker,chair; Dr. Sonia Bacon, principal; Dr. Judy Burton Scherer, superintendent; and SusanneCongress, from Coastal Electric.
Candace Denton, from Richmond HillElementary School, won a grant for herproject, “I Can Read from A to Z.”
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See a video of the Bright Ideas PrizeTeam making surprise visits to thewinning classrooms on YouTube atwww.YouTube.com/CoastalElectricCoop
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lassroom innovation
Teacher Sandi Thurston seemed genuinely stunned when the BrightIdeas Prize Team came knocking on her classroom door at McIntoshCounty Academy to award her a $1,060 grant. She will use themoney to fund a project in which her Spanish students will produceSpanish instructional DVDs intended for children from Head Startage to second grade.
Jessica Bosworth, holding check, a pre-K teacher in Richmond Hill,was one of 14 lucky teachers selected to share $20,000 in BrightIdeas grants awarded by Coastal Electric Cooperative and itsfoundation. With Bosworth, from left, are Coastal representativesKim Slade, CEO Whit Hollowell and Cecilia Stender.
LIBERTY COUNTY
Shannon Erwin: $717Science Outside the TextbookWaldo Pafford Elementary School
Melissa McCallar: $1,917.76E-Book Reading LoungeBradwell Institute
Ervin Beanum: $1,993.90Math-O-LogyButton Gwinnett Elementary School
James Adams: $1,888Music Technology IntegrationButton Gwinnett Elementary School
Pamela Scott: $1,141.26The Health SquadLiberty College & Career Academy
Karisa Young: $1,940First Generation ProjectLiberty College & Career Academy
Cristina Dover: $262.92Extreme Makeover: School News EditionMidway Middle School
Melinda Joy Kennedy: $1,958.24CRCT Motivators—We will succeed!Midway Middle School
McINTOSH COUNTY
Sandi Thurston: $1,060.99Project: Los directores de cineMcIntosh County Academy
Carol Amason: $1,976Project: Geocache Fun at Our Middle SchoolMcIntosh County Middle School
BRYAN COUNTY
Candace Denton: $1,574I Can Read from A to ZRichmond Hill Elementary School
Mary Jo Fina: $1,930.40Turn the Beat Around–Teaching Early CPR and DefibrillationRichmond Hill High School
Jessica Bosworth: $1,030Parenting the Love and Logic WayRichmond Hill Pre-K
Christy Crowley: $736.80Physical Education + Math = SuccessDr. G. W. Carver Elementary School
See more pictures of ourPrize Team on Facebook atwww.Facebook/MyElectricCoop
Coastal Electric congratulates these2012 Bright Ideas grant winners
20D GEORGIA MAGAZINECoastal Electric Cooperativewww.CoastalElectric.coop
Official Publication of Coastal Electric Cooperative, Published Monthly
for All Members
J. Mark Bolton, EditorCoastal Electric Cooperative1265 S. Coastal Highway
P.O. Box 109Midway, GA 31320
(912) 880-2226, direct [email protected]
Find us online:CoastalElectric.coop
Business office hoursOpen 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, and until 5 p.m. on Friday, except for holidays.
Report outagesCall us at (800) 421-2343
Board of DirectorsSteve Mullice
President, Liberty County
Jack WatersVice President, Liberty County
Barbara DavisSec./Treas., McIntosh County
W.L. BlandMcIntosh County
Laura McGeeBryan County
Johnny KearnsMcIntosh County
Ken LukeBryan County
Eric HartleyBryan County
John Woods IIILiberty County
Coastal Electric Cooperative, your Touchstone Energy® Partner, is a not-for-profit, member-owned
power cooperative providingelectricity to the people of Bryan,
Liberty, Long and McIntosh counties.
A long winter’s nap.Decorating, baking and entertaining can
sap your energy—and raise your energy bill.
As you celebrate with family and friends this holiday season,Coastal Electric Cooperative reminds you to use energy wisely.
For more holiday energy-saving advice, visit TogetherWeSave.com.
It’s just another way we’re Looking Out for You.
COASTAL ELECTRIC WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 19 AFTER 1 P.M.,
DECEMBER 24-25 AND JANUARY 1 FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Mey Christmas!
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