Local Students Attended Kay Yow Basketball Camp on Sscholarships from Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
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
Lenoir, North Carolina (July 18, 2008) – Jenna Barlow of Hudson Middle School and Lauren Clark of Gamewell Middle School participated in the Kay Yow Basketball Camp in Raleigh on scholarships from Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation. Jenna is the daughter of William and Lana Barlow and Lauren is the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Clark.
Jenna and Lauren were two of the 28 deserving young women awarded scholarships from North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives to attend the Kay Yow Basketball Camp this year. Winners of the Kay Yow Basketball Camp scholarship were selected by a panel of judges who reviewed an application that included an essay about the students’ reason for wanting to participate in the camp. Jenna and Lauren were selected based on the excellence of their applications and accompanying essays. The Kay Yow Basketball Camp was held June 22 -26 at N.C. State University.
“Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation is excited to have had the opportunity to send these commendable young co-op members to a basketball camp with a nationally renowned coach,” said Grey Scheer, director of community relations.
This is the fifth year that North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives, including Blue Ridge Electric, have sponsored young women to attend the Kay Yow Camp. North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives have also provided scholarships for young men to attend the Roy Williams Basketball Camp in Chapel Hill for the past three years.
The Touchstone Energy Sports Camp Scholarship program is part of the electric cooperatives’ ongoing commitment to North Carolina communities.
Blue Ridge Electric is a member-owned cooperative serving some 73,000 members in Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander, Wilkes and Avery counties.
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