Cooperative providing $15,000 in scholarships
Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative announced that applications are being accepted for its 2019 scholarship program for area high school students. The member-owned electric utility will award 10 cash scholarships in all, totaling $15,000 in scholarships.
Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative announced that applications are being accepted for its 2019 scholarship program for area high school students. The member-owned electric utility will award 10 cash scholarships in all, totaling $15,000 in scholarships.
Students will compete in two divisions (boys and girls) for scholarships of $2,500, $2,000, $1,500, $1,000 and $500 in each division.
The cooperative encourages all eligible students to apply. The contest is open to high school seniors who have a grade point average of 3.6 or better on a 4.0 scale, will be attending an accredited institution of higher learning this fall, and whose parents or guardians are members of and live in a home served by the Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative.
One local first-place winner will compete in April for 24 scholarships awarded by Ohio Electric Cooperatives.
Applications and a complete set of rules for the scholarship competition can be found at www.hwecoop.com. Deadline for completed applications to be returned to the cooperative is Feb. 1.