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Blue Ridge Electric Awards Educators Grants for Innovative Teaching Projects
For Immediate Release
Contact: Renee Whitener, Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, (828) 758-2383, Ext. 3213; Pager: 1-800-471-1323; or E-mail: Renee Whitener
Sparta, North Carolina (November 16, 2006) – Grants totaling approximately $2,000 were awarded to two local educators today by Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation during a luncheon ceremony at the cooperative’s district office to honor the Bright Ideas grants recipients.
Bright Ideas is an academic grants program sponsored by Blue Ridge Electric in conjunction with the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation and its 26 other member electric cooperatives. Bright Ideas grants help further traditional academic learning by funding innovative scholastic projects that go beyond available school funding.
Winners of the grants are:
- Susanne Hampton Murphy, of Piney Creek Elementary School, for “Ride On!” to benefit targeted preschool children ages 3-5. This project will provide preschool students with access to high quality tricycles to use to develop gross motor skills in students in a safe, fun, developmentally appropriate way. Students are also planning to raise funds for charities by conducting “Trike-a-Thons” with their new trikes. The grant totaled $1,070.
- Cecelia R. Hampton, of Sparta Elementary School, for “A River Runs Through It” to benefit 42 fourth graders who will set-up, maintain, and monitor a river system aquarium. They will make observations, record data and reach conclusions as well as combine science with reading and writing. Additionally, students will participate in a field trip to the New River. The grant totaled $927.
Blue Ridge Electric is celebrating its 13th year of offering Bright Ideas grants as part of its support and commitment to education. Since 1994, the cooperative has awarded nearly $231,000 in Bright Ideas grants that has impacted more than 65,000 students. Through the Bright Ideas grants program cooperatives across the state has provided over $4 million of support for local education initiatives.
To learn more about the Bright Ideas grants program, visit Blue Ridge Electric’s web site at www.BlueRidgeEMC.com or contact your local Blue Ridge Electric office and ask for Grey Scheer, director of community relations.
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