Bright Ideas

Palmetto Electric Trust and Palmetto Electric Cooperative awarded $34,275 in the eighth annual Bright Ideas grant program Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28 to winning teachers and their team members. This year, a total of 43 grants will benefit more than 7,500 students in southern Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper counties.

The Cooperative's Bright Ideas Team presented the money where it will be spent – the teachers' classrooms. Representatives from the Cooperative and the Trust greeted teachers with balloons, gift bags and their checks at each school. Next month, the cooperative will host a luncheon at Palmetto Electric's New River facility to honor the teachers and their administrators.

The Cooperative invited teachers earlier this year to submit proposals for innovative classroom projects. Last month, 102 grant applications, totaling over $89,117 were received from teachers in the three counties.

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