The Palmetto Electric Trust and Palmetto Electric Cooperative offers Bright Ideas, a grant program that provides funding for innovative classroom-based education projects. Since Palmetto Electric launched the program in 2004, area teachers in Hampton, Jasper and southern Beaufort counties have received over $510,256 in grants.
The Bright Ideas Prize Team surprised local teachers in their classrooms October 29-31, with big checks and gift bags. This year, 50 grants totaling $44,907 was awarded to teachers for their innovative classroom projects.
The grants are intended to fund projects outside normal school funding. Teachers in grades K–12 from schools in our three-county service area can apply. A school may submit more than one application, but a teacher is limited to one application per school year.
Palmetto Electric Trust is supported by funds from Operation Round Up®, a program in which the Cooperative’s members round their electric bill up to the nearest whole dollar. The program is a true example of how small change…changes lives. Additional funding is provided by Palmetto Electric’s Million Dollar Hole-In-One Shootout and WIRE (Women Involved in Rural Electrification).
If you have any questions about the grant program or application procedures please contact your local Palmetto Electric office or e-mail us at Bright Ideas.