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Sawnee EMC awards scholarships to 25 North Georgia high school grads

By AccessWDUN Staff

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

 

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