Scholarships are Back!

Once again, Walton EMC and Operation Round Up are offering scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year for incoming college freshmen and veterans.

To qualify for the general scholarship, you must currently be a high school senior or an incoming college freshman with no more than 15 hours of college credit in fall 2010. Your primary residence must be on Walton EMC lines. Ten to 20 $2,500 scholarships will be awarded.

To qualify for the veterans scholarship, you must be a veteran or reservist of the U.S. Armed Forces and your primary residence must be served electricity by Walton EMC. Up to two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded.

For additional criteria and to download applications, visit waltonemc.com.

Check out our 2009 general scholarship recipients:

Operation Round Up is a program that allows Walton EMC customer-owners to elect to "round up" their bill to the next dollar. The money collected from this program is used to further the goals of local nonprofit organization and to help families in need. The funds for these scholarships do not come out of that fund - they were donated by Walton EMC as a result of a law which allows EMCs to donate unclaimed refunds toward community uses. More more info about round up, click here.