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Local student could earn a $1,000 scholarship

GreyStone Power is encouraging high school students to submit applications for the Walter Harrison Scholarship, a program sponsored by Georgia’s 41 electric cooperatives.  The $1,000 scholarship can be applied to academic expenses at any accredited two- or four-year university, college or vocational-technical institute in Georgia.

Factors for consideration include grade point average, SAT scores, academic standing, scholastic honors, and financial need.  A scholarship committee comprised of EMC directors and managers selects students who exceed in these areas and who struggle with college expenses.

Students who apply for the scholarship must be accepted or enrolled in an accredited undergraduate degree program. They also must complete an application and write a biographical sketch which provides a preview of his or her future plans. 

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The 2013 scholarship winners included Prentiss Rachael Autry (Mitchell EMC), Meredith Eby (Coastal Electric Cooperative), Erin Hollander (Walton EMC), Jonathan Lovern (Diverse Power), Abigail Norton (Carroll EMC), Christi Sui (Jackson EMC) and Dylan Veneziano (Snapping Shoals EMC). Since the program began in 1987, $154,500 has been awarded to deserving students in Georgia.

To download an application for the Walter Harrison Scholarship, visit the Community section of GreyStone’s website, www.greystonepower.com. Applications must be turned in to GreyStone Power by Jan. 31, 2014. For questions or to receive an application in the mail, call 770-370-2273. Winners will be announced on or before April 1.

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Created in 1985 by the board of directors of Georgia EMC, the scholarship pays tribute to the late Walter Harrison, a pioneer in the rural electricity movement and a leader at local, state and national levels in the electric cooperative program.

Georgia EMC is the statewide trade association representing the state’s 41 EMCs, Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp. and Georgia System Operations Corp.  Collectively, Georgia’s customer-owned EMCs provide electricity and related services to more than five million people, half of Georgia’s population, across 73 percent of the state’s land area.

GreyStone Power serves more than 107,400 members in portions of eight counties, including Paulding, Douglas, Fulton, Cobb, Carroll, Bartow, Fayette and Coweta counties. Learn more at www.greystonepower.com.

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