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Flint Energies' Bright Ideas Program invests $4,575 in area teachers
Special to the Journal
Flint Energies and its
philanthropic arm, the Flint
Energies Foundation recent
ly awarded a total of $4,575
to teachers for innovative
lessons that energized their
students’ love of learning in
the inaugural year of the co
op’s Bright Ideas program.
To that end, winning teach
ers, according to a release
from the organization, “were
surprised by Flint Energies
employees with balloons,
flowers, gift bags and Bright
Ideas checks.”
The Bright Ideas program
distributes money as grants
of up to SI,OOO for teach
ers to do creative, innova
tive projects or lessons with
students. The grants are not
available for professional
development.
This year grants went
to five winning teachers
and their team members
at schools in Houston and
Taylor counties.
“Bright Ideas is the per
fect avenue to show our
Foundation’s commitment to
the communities we serve,”
said Manager of Public
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“We support education and
want to reward innovative
teachers with money that
goes in the classroom where
it is needed most.”
Earlier this year, Flint
Energies and the Foundation
invited teachers who teach
grades K-12 at public or pri
vate schools located in the
co-op’s service territory to
apply for the grants.
Flint Energies’ service
area encompasses parts
of Bibb, Chattahoochee,
Crawford, Dooly, Harris,
Houston, Macon, Marion,
Monroe, Muscogee, Peach,
Schley, Sumter, Talbot,
Taylor, Twiggs and Upson
counties. In September, the
Cooperative received 10
grant applications, total
ing more than $10,155 from
teachers.
Grant winners were as fol
lows:
■ Ashly Albritton,
Communicating with
Keyboards, Taylor County
Upper Elementary School,
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■ Joe Sendek, Storybook
Theatre, Perry High School,
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Perry High School, Northside Middle, Taylor Upper
Elementary, Warner Robins High and Eagle Springs Elementary representatives receive
grant monies from Flint Energies.
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North Carolina’s electric
cooperatives began Bright
Ideas in 1994. Since that
time, the Bright Ideas pro
gram has awarded more
than $4 million in grant
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teachers to sponsor 3,500
projects teaching more than
700,000 students.
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