Twenty-five high school seniors from North Georgia have each received $5,000 scholarships from the Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation.
This year the 2020 Youth Scholarships are named after longtime Sawnee EMC Director Frank Coker. Coker, who died on January 12, 200, had served on the Board of Directors representing the members of District #1 for 45 years.
"The Youth Scholarship Program is a shining example of what the Foundation and Sawnee EMC are all about, which is their commitment to be a partner and supporter in the various communities Sawnee EMC serves," said Blake House, Vice President of Sawnee EMC's Member Services.
In the past 15 years, the Sawnee EMC Foundation has awarded $852,000 in scholarships to 212 high school seniors in the EMC's seven-county service area.
The funding for the scholarship program is derived from approved uses under Georgia law for Sawnee EMC’s unclaimed patronage capital funds, which are separate and apart from the funds that Sawnee members voluntarily donate to the Foundation for distribution to local charitable organizations.
Sawnee EMC Foundation scholarship recipients for 2020 are:
- Ashlynn Anglin Dawson County High School
- Micah Bettis Chattahoochee High School
- Harly Devilla Dawson County High School
- Catherine Edgmon Forsyth Central High School
- Kimberly Fallas Forsyth Central High School
- Sydney Gosdin The King’s Academy
- Cathryn Gray Centennial High School
- Andrew Johnson North Forsyth High School
- Aidan May Lumpkin County High School
- Matthew McKenna Forsyth Central High School
- Jack McConnell Providence Christian Academy
- Haley Menees West Forsyth High School
- Holley Murray North Forsyth High School
- Andrew Pardo Cambridge High School
- Matthew Park North Gwinnett High School
- Grace Rivord North Gwinnett High School
- Mackwan Sringam Forsyth Central High School
- Kara Starr Dawson County High School
- Jenna Lee Stevens Rosa Lee Academy
- Odessa Stoelzel Lambert High School
- Logan Swafford North Forsyth High School
- Marlie Townley Dawson County High School
- Henry Xuan Lambert High School
- Shelby Yarbrough North Forsyth High School
- Braxton Zeidler Dawson County High School
