Coastal Electric Cooperative members are helping local students pursue their dreams by way of more than $30,000 in scholarships.
Liberty County High School graduate Kordell Lewis won a Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation Technical School Scholarship for $1,350. The scholarship is renewable as he pursues his planned program of study—welding and joining technology—at Savannah Technical College.
In addition, recent graduates Skye Key (Bradwell Institute), Ira Timmons (McIntosh County Academy), Rebecca Clark (Liberty County High School), Gunner Kesner (Liberty County High School), Gretchen Gray (Richmond Hill High School) and Rachel Gregory (Richmond Hill High School) each earned a $5,000 Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation Academic Scholarship for their first semester of college. Each scholarship is renewable for up to four years for a total of $20,000.
Primary funding for Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation scholarships comes from Operation Round Up, a voluntary program through which Coastal Electric Cooperative members allow their electric bills to be rounded up to the next whole dollar each month. That spare change is invested back into the community through the foundation to meet the food, health, safety, education, and shelter needs of citizens in Bryan, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties.