First Electric Cooperative will award a $2,000 college scholarship to nine recent high school graduates living in the cooperative’s five districts.
Scholarship recipients for 2021 include:
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- Tuesday Melton of Bauxite, Benton High School
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- Lee Glover-Langdon of Lonoke, Lonoke High School
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- Julio Acosta of Bauxite, Bauxite High School
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- Jessalyn Ahrens of DeWitt, DeWitt High School
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- Eliza Smith of Austin, Cabot High School
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- Diego Rubio of Heber Springs, Heber Springs High School
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- Avery Mahan of Houston, Bigelow High School
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- Aleigha Smith of Searcy, Searcy High School
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- Abi West of Ida, Concord High School
Scholarships are funded by the co-op’s Operation Round-Up program. First Electric members who participate in Operation Round-Up volunteer to have their monthly electric bill rounded up to the next even dollar amount. That money is held in a trust and given as scholarships to high school seniors and as donations to local nonprofit organizations.
Since 1998, the Operation Round-Up program has awarded more than $1.28 million in donations to nonprofit organizations and college scholarships. Members may enroll in Operation Round-Up by visiting www.firstelectric.coop/operation-round-up or by calling 800-489-7405.
First Electric Cooperative serves more than 98,000 active accounts throughout 18 counties in central and southeast Arkansas. The cooperative’s headquarters is located in Jacksonville with full-service offices in Bryant, Heber Springs, Perryville and Stuttgart. For more information, call 800-489-7405 or visit www.firstelectric.coop or www.facebook.com/FirstElectric.