Community
Youth Tour
The Rural Electric Youth Tour is held annually in Washington, DC. It is
a week-long expense paid trip, where one student selected by Pitt & Greene EMC will see
our government in action and learn about the cooperative way of doing business. This
event is open to juniors in high school. Those interested must complete the
Youth Tour application (PDF
Word)
and return it to Pitt & Greene EMC by February 26, 2010.
Cooperative Leadership Camp
The runner-up in the Youth Tour Contest will attend Cooperative Leadership
Camp. The camp is a week-long expense paid trip at White Lake, NC. At the camp the
students set up their own cooperative and run the business. They also have the opportunity
to attend a variety of workshops, plus still have time to enjoy leisure activities at the lake.
Bright Ideas
Congratulations to Casie Creech of Creekside
Elementary and Ashley Matthews of HB
Sugg Elementary. They were this
years winners of the Bright Ideas Grant Program.
The Bright Ideas Grant Program, now in its 15th year, is a statewide
effort by North Carolina’s twenty-seven Touchstone Energy electric cooperatives to provide
additional classroom resources that cannot be met through existing school budgets. Any K-12
certified North Carolina teacher can apply for a grant up to $2000.
This year, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives total contributions
to the program were more than $578,000 in grant money. Since 1994, North Carolina’s Touchstone
Energy Cooperatives have awarded more than $5.9 million to North Carolina teachers for more
than 5,400 projects that have touched the lives of more than 1 million North Carolina students
in all subjects.
In order to be considered for a Bright Idea Grant, the idea submitted
by the teacher should be a unique and innovative way to reach the students and increase their
interest in learning.
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