2011 Columbia REA Scholarship program enrollment opens

2011 Columbia REA Scholarship program enrollment opens
Application packets are now available for the Columbia REA scholarship program. The program will provide scholarship funding for the school term beginning in the fall of 2011. The scholarship program is available to members or dependents of members with an active account served by Columbia REA. The four scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to eligible applicants.

Three are academic scholarships. One of the three, in the amount of $1500, will be awarded to the highest scoring applicant and is the Clark A. Brewington Memorial Scholarship. The remaining two scholarships will be in the amount of $1000 each. Once awarded, these scholarships will be renewable for up to three additional consecutive years provided the recipient remains a student in good standing with at least a 2.75 grade point average at an accredited institution.

A fourth scholarship is available for eligible applicants wishing to pursue a career in the electric industry as a journey lineman. This scholarship was established in remembrance of Jeff Meredith, a journeyman with CREA. The Jeff Meredith Scholarship is for $1,000 and for one year only. Application packets are now available at Columbia REAs offices in Dayton and Walla Walla and at all high schools within Columbia REAs service area. A complete application packet is also available on the Columbia REA web site at www.columbiarea.coop.

The deadline for submitting applications is February 18, 2011. Recipients will be notified by March 31, 2011. The winners of the scholarships will be introduced at the annual membership meeting in April 2011. Columbia REA is a member owned electric cooperative serving customers in Columbia & Walla Walla Counties in Washington and Umatilla County in Oregon.