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Each year Southern Pine Electric Cooperative offers a $1,000 scholarship to one deserving area high school graduate. The scholarship is provided through the Electric Cooperative Foundation Scholarship program that was created by the electric cooperatives of Alabama in 1997.
The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships for post-secondary and vocational education for qualifying high school seniors. Dependents of members of participating cooperatives, such as Southern Pine Electric Co-op, are eligible to apply for the scholarships. This is the only educational program sponsored by the co-op that is open only to dependents of co-op members. This year is the ninth year that scholarships have been awarded from the fund.
Past winners of the scholarship include: Josh Elliot, W. S. Neal High School, 2001; Rebekah Mize, Flomaton High School, 2002; Derek Wiggins, Excel High School, 2003, Christina Henderson, Escambia Academy, 2004; Tonya Allen, Escambia County High School, 2005; Emily Lloyd, Excel High School, 2006; Sandra Stacey, J. U. Blacksher H. S. 2007; and Julia Lymon, Escambia County High School, 2008. Congratulations to all these excellent scholars!
Scholarship applications for 2010 will become available January 2, 2010. You must be a graduating senior and the full-time dependent of a Southern Pine Electric Cooperative member to apply. Applications are available in local school counselors' offices, online or by contacting Melanie Harrison, 251.867.5415.
2009 Southern Pine Scholarship Recipient Named
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| Tyler Hochstetler, 2009 Southern Pine Electric Cooperative Foundation Scholarship Recipient |
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Southern Pine Electric Cooperative recently named Tyler Hochstetler as the recepient of its 2009 Electric Cooperative Foundation Scholarship The scholarship was provided through the Electric Cooperative Foundation Scholarship program that was created by the electric cooperatives of Alabama in 1997. The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships for post-secondary and vocational education for qualifying high school seniors. Dependents of members of participating cooperatives, such as Southern Pine Electric Co-op, are eligible to apply for the scholarships. This is the ninth year that scholarships have been awarded from the fund.
Tyler is the son of Jim and Carol Hochstetler of Atmore, Ala. He has homeschooled for the past 9 years and recently graduated with a 3.9 GPA from Precept Christian School, Homeschool Department. Tyler has worked an almost full-time job while attending high schoo. He is also dual-enrolled at Jefferson Davis Community College in Brewton. He plans to complete his degree in criminal justice at Jefferson Davis. His plans afterward are uncertain right now, but he hopes to continue working in the mission field as he has been doing the past few years.
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative, a Touchstone Energy® Cooperative, is a member-owned distribution co-op serving over 20,000 accounts in portions of Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and Monroe counties. The co-op is headquartered in Brewton, Ala., with district offices in Atmore, Evergreen and Frisco City.
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