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Wake Electric to Sponsor Bright Idea Grants

Wake Electric Membership Corporation is accepting applications for the Bright Ideas Grant Program for the 2006-2007 school year.

This marks the 13^th year the Cooperative is rewarding local teachers for their innovative and creative classroom projects.

All North Carolina-certified K-12 teachers are eligible for a Bright Ideas grant. Previous winning grants represent a variety of hands-on projects, including activities in music, art, history, language, reading, science, career planning and information technology. The maximum amount for any grant is $1,500.

Since the program began in 1994, Wake Electric has awarded more than $281,000 in grant money to local teachers. Last year 44 projects were funded totaling $50,000.

The grant program is co-sponsored by Wake Electric and N.C. Electric Membership Corporation.

Partial funding for the grants also comes from the Wake Electric Care Foundation which draws from members’ and employees’ Operation Round­Up® contributions.

For the first time, Wake Electric requests that all applications be submitted on-line electronically.

Teachers who submit their applications by August 19 will be entered in a drawing for a digital camera. The final deadline for Bright Ideas applications is September 30, 2006.

 

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Funding for Bright Idea Grants is made possible by Wake Electric member-consumers and Wake Electric employees through the Operation Round-Up Program.