He was selected through an essay contest reserved for children and grandchildren of EMC employees and directors.ĭelegates will join with over 100 other Georgia high school students who have been selected by their local EMCs to form the Georgia delegation. “We see the tour as a way to kindle the spark of leadership in high schoolers by showing them they belong among those willing to step up in service to others.”Ĭollin Ulm of Cherokee High was chosen by Georgia EMC as one of two statewide winners to participate in this year’s tour.
“Preparing the next generation of leaders is crucial to ensuring our community, state and nation will be in good hands,” says Mr. This year’s tour, which takes place June 15-22, offers opportunities for students to meet policymakers, tour historic monuments and participate in leadership experiences, all while making new friends from across the state and the nation. According to Todd Payne, CEO, Amicalola EMC, the Youth Tour was established to inspire the next generation of leaders. Since 1965, the tour has helped promising student leaders to become exceptional young adults. Three runners up with each receive a $500 scholarship. In addition to the trip, they will each receive a $750 scholarship.
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Olivia Claire Shull (Gilmer High), Warren Read Fernandez (Pickens High), Mac Allen Blackwell (Cherokee High) and Heather Bradford Fernandez (Pickens High) were carefully selected through an application process that included an essay, a letter of recommendation and a face to face interview with the Amicalola EMC selection committee. In addition, four students were named as 2023 delegates on the Washington Youth Tour, an all-expense-paid leadership experience sponsored by Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives, including Amicalola EMC. Scholarships were awarded based upon grade point average, SAT/ACT scores and financial need. We do more than just keep the lights on – we continue to improve the quality of life for all our members.(Jasper, GA) Amicalola EMC is pleased to announce that 128 high school seniors from across the cooperative’s service area were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship at the annual youth awards banquet held on March 28 at Chattahoochee Technical College. It’s remarkable the number of lives that have been touched by the scholarships, as 1,443 high school seniors from across the ten-county service area have received funds. We are proud of the substantial contribution we’ve made to education and to the community by the use of these unclaimed funds. The $140,000 awarded this year brings the total to over $1.4 million during the past twelve years, which is the time period Amicalola EMC has been able to use unclaimed capital credit funds in accordance with Georgia’s unclaimed property laws to fund the scholarships.
Just under 400 people attended the banquet, held at Chattahoochee Technical College in Jasper, which included the students, parents, high school administrators, staff members of Amicalola EMC and the Amicalola EMC board of directors. $140,000 in college scholarships were awarded to area high school seniors. On ApAmicalola EMC held the annual youth awards banquet, following a two-year break from an in-person event due to the covid pandemic.
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