Bright Ideas Grants

	Haywood EMC is proud to be one of North Carolina's 27 electric cooperatives that sponsor The Bright Ideas grant program. The program strives to improve education in North Carolina classrooms by awarding grants to teachers for innovative, classroom-based projects in grades K-12 that would not otherwise be funded. Since it began in 1994, the Bright Ideas program has awarded more than $4.5 million in grant money to North Carolina's teachers to sponsor 4,000 projects reaching more than 800,000 students.

Bright Ideas grants are...
For North Carolina teachers in grades K-12 Awarded each school year	Open to all subjects Individual projects that could be funded up to $2,000

Photo courtesy of Ken Thomas, HEMC	Teachers are limited to one grant proposal per year and are eligible even if they have received a grant before. To apply for a Bright Ideas grant, go to www.ncbrightideas.com and complete the on-line application. Contact Haywood EMC at 828-452-2281 for more information.
Louise Noland and her class from Junaluska Elementary School

Haywood Electric Membership Corporation is located in Waynesville, with a district office at Lake Toxaway, North Carolina. We provide power to over 25,000 electric services.