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Bright Ideas grant applications now open!

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Attention Horry County school teachers! If you have a bright idea for a classroom project, you can apply for a grant through Horry Electric’s Bright Ideas program.

Bright Ideas is a grant program designed to provide funding for innovation classroom-based educational projects. The grants are intended to fund projects outside normal public school funding parameters and can be made available to all disciplines in grades K-12 in Horry County.

A school may submit an application, and teachers are limited to one application per year. $1,000 is the maximum amount teachers can apply for.

In 2020, 11 teachers were awarded grants for their innovative projects, totaling $10,000.

“We encourage any teacher in the district to apply! We would love the opportunity to help fund any project a teacher may want to do for their class,” says Toni Gore, coordinator of the Bright Ideas program.

The deadline to apply is June 1, 2021. Grants will be awarded in the Fall.

Anyone interested can apply online through our website.

2021 W.I.R.E. Scholarship applications available now!

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Horry Electric Cooperative’s W.I.R.E. (Women Involved in Rural Electrification) chapter is now accepting applications for the 2021 W.I.R.E. scholarship.

Applicants must be an active member of Horry Electric or dependent of an active member. The applicant must also live in the home with the member.

The $1,500 scholarship is for one academic year for a freshman entering Coastal Carolina University or Horry-Georgetown Technical College. $750 will be awarded for the fall semester and the additional $750 will be awarded contingent upon meeting the G.P.R. requirement.

The deadline to apply is Monday, March 1, 2021. All applications must be received by 12 p.m. (noon). All applications received after Monday, March 1, 2021 are NOT eligible.

Applications are being sent to all Horry County high schools and will be available through the guidance counselor.

Download the full scholarship criteria and application here: WIRE Scholarship Criteria and Application 2021

Applications and transcripts can be mailed to:

Mrs. Susan Brown

Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc.

P.O. Box 119

Conway, S.C. 29528-0119

You can also email applications to susan.brown@horryelectric.com.