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Homer Electric
Provides Support to Project GRAD
Homer Electric
Association, in partnership with Touchstone Energy,
has provided scholarship funding to Project GRAD.
Project GRAD is a new program in the Kenai Peninsula
School District that is designed to provide staff
development, increase graduation rates and prepare
students for college. The schools targeted for the
initial phase of Project GRAD include those in
Nanwalek, Port Graham, Nikolaevsk, Ninilchik, Razdolna,
Tyonek and Voznesenka. Touchstone Energy, a national
alliance of member-owned electric cooperatives, funded
the Project GRAD program with a $1,073 grant. The
grant was supported with a $500 donation from Homer
Electric. The funds will be used to serve a
scholarship program for students that successfully
complete the Project GRAD curriculum and go on to
college.
Get Charged! Kits in
Local Schools
Touchstone Energy’s
educational curriculum, Get Charged! has been
distributed to classrooms around the Kenai Peninsula.
Homer Electric has partnered with the Kenai Peninsula
School District to make the kits available to all
middle schools in the district. The kits, designed for
Touchstone Energy by the Discovery Channel School,
provide students with an understanding of electricity
and the role electric cooperatives play in the
distribution of electric power throughout the
country.
Scholarships
Don’t miss a great opportunity provided by your local
electric cooperative to continue your education! Apply
for a Homer Electric scholarship for yourself or your
dependent.
Homer Electric Association will award a number of
$2,000 academic or vocational scholarships in 2008.
The scholarships are available for students of
all ages – both graduating seniors and adults
wishing to continue their education.
Scholarship recipients will be selected in April and
will be recognized at the HEA Annual Membership
Meeting in May.
To
qualify, students (or their parent or guardian) must
be a member of HEA. Dependents of members must be less
than 25 years of age and must be eligible for the
Permanent Fund Dividend.
Applications are available at both Homer Electric
locations or download at
2008
Scholarship Application. In
addition, applications will be sent to area high
schools, colleges, and vocational schools in Homer
Electric’s service area. The
application deadline is
Friday, February 29, 2008.
Youth
Rally
Attention high school sophomores and juniors: Do you
enjoy traveling, making new friends and learning about
cooperation and teamwork?
Apply for an exciting, all expense-paid week at the
Youth Rally held in
Idaho
during mid-July 2008. The Youth Rally is designed to
give students an overview of the electric utility
business while teaching leadership and team building
skills. It is also an opportunity to travel, meet a
diversity of students, and make lifelong friends from
all over the
United States.
While at the Rally, students may be selected to
represent
Alaska as a member of the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association’s Youth Leadership Council.
Members of the Youth Leadership Council will tour
Washington, D.C., in 2008 and have other travel
opportunities around the country.
To
apply, you must be a high school sophomore or junior
and your parent or legal guardian must be an active
member receiving power from Homer Electric.
Applications are available at both Homer Electric
offices, at local high schools and at
2008
Youth Rally. The application
deadline is April 1, 2008.
Safety
Poster Contest
If
you know an artistic third or fourth grade student in
Homer Electric’s service area, encourage them to enter
Homer Electric’s 15th annual electric safety poster
contest. The young artist could win:
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Best Electric Safety Message:
U.S.
savings bond, plaque and a framed poster for their
school.
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Most Humorous & Most Creative:
U.S.
savings bond, Safety Bug mug and a laminated poster.
The
winning posters will also be featured in newspaper
advertisements as part of Homer Electric’s continuous
safety campaign, published in the Kilowatt Courier
and awarded at the annual meeting. Click
here to view 2007 winners.
Contest Rules
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Open to third and four grade students within Homer
Electric’s service area.
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Poster must be manually created and drawn by the
student (no stenciled letters, patterns, or computer
images).
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Poster must carry an electric safety message.
• Poster size is not to exceed 8½” x 11” and
should be on heavy paper or poster board. Crayons,
paint, or magic markers are fine, but pencil does not
copy well.
• Student’s name, address, school, grade, teacher
and school’s phone number or homeschool information
must be clearly printed on the back of the poster.
The deadline for entries is April 2, 2008.
Posters will be used in Homer Electric publications
and ads.
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