About Us

The Benton Telecommunications Foundation was founded by the Benton Cooperative Telephone Company in 2007.

Teresa Nelson, Consulting Foundation Coordinator
18401 145th Avenue
Milaca, MN 56353
Email: tnelson@bctelco.net

Phone: 320-393-3863

Cheryl Scapanski, Board of Directors
2220 125th Street NW
Rice, MN 56367-9701

Email: cscapanski@bctelco.net
Phone: 320-393-2115

Board of Directors

Officers Dan Lieser, President Raymond Thompson, VP Jim Young, Secretary Cheryl Scapanski, Treasurer

Directors Conrad Brenny Richard Herbst Doug Nemeth Roger Secord

Guiding Philosophy

The guiding philosophy of Benton Telecommunications Foundation is to invest in values, ethics and character formation; to support the efforts of those who are successfully making a difference in people lives; and to help build the communities in which we live. The Foundation believes in sharing the blessings which have been bestowed on its contributors and in celebrationg the spiritual reciprocity between donors and receivers working collaboratively to make the world a better place.