Scholarships
Flint Energies College Scholarships
Flint Energies Foundation College Scholarship
Flint Energies offers scholarships worth $2,500 each to students pursuing a degree at a four-year college or university. Up to 27 scholarships will be awarded, based on available funds, to students whose primary residence is within one of the 17 counties served by Flint Energies: Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Twiggs and Upson. High school seniors and currently enrolled college students are encouraged to apply.
The deadline for the 2021 Flint Energies Foundation College Scholarship is February 26, 2021.
To apply for the scholarship, download the College Scholarship application by clicking here. Complete the form and mail it by February 26, or drop it by your local Flint Energies office. For more information, contact Hannah Sloan at hsloan@flintemc.com or 478-847-5195.
Flint Energies Foundation FFA Scholarship
Flint Energies offers scholarships worth $2,500 each to students pursuing a degree at a four-year college or university. Up to 12 FFA scholarships will be awarded, based on available funds, to students whose primary residence is within one of the 17 counties served by Flint Energies: Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Twiggs and Upson. The applicant must also have been actively involved in one of the 12 local FFA chapters within Flint’s service territory. High school seniors and currently enrolled college students are encouraged to apply.
The deadline for the 2021 Flint Energies Foundation FFA Scholarship is February 26, 2021.
To apply for the scholarship, download the FFA Scholarship application by clicking here. Complete the form and mail it by February 26, or drop it by your local Flint Energies office. For more information, contact Hannah Sloan at hsloan@flintemc.com or 478-847-5195.
Walter Harrison Scholarship
Flint Energies enters five applications from our service area into a pool of statewide entries each year. Twelve $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in 2021 to students in EMC households. High school seniors and undergraduate students attending any vocational school or two- or four-year accredited college or university in Georgia are eligible to apply.
Complete the application and mail it, along with any supporting materials, by January 15, 2021, or drop it by your local Flint Energies office. For more information, contact Blair Brown at [email protected] or 478-218-5547.
Please click here to download the application.
Congratulations to the 12 students selected to receive the 2020 Walter Harrison Scholarship:
- Isha Mittal – North Georgia EMC
- Paige Paschal – Flint Energies
- Jessica Patino – Tri-County EMC
- Evani Patel – Cobb EMC
- Will Minick – Sumter EMC
- Drew Nash – Okefenoke REMC
- Joshua Walker – Walton EMC
- Jared Lawlor – Colquitt EMC
- Lilly Cummings – Hart EMC
- Annalysa Cagasan – GreyStone Power
- Sadie Wicks – Flint Energies
- Christel Vivor– Coweta-Fayette EMC
With the addition of the 12 scholarships in 2020, $225,500 has been awarded to 236 students in EMC households since the program began in 1987. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of a scored essay, academic achievement and financial need. Georgia’s EMCs started the scholarship program to honor the late Walter Harrison. Harrison was known in Georgia and across the nation as “Mr. Rural Electrification” for his pioneering efforts in the electrical cooperative industry and for his lifelong dedication to improving life in rural areas.
