BrightIdeas

Touchstone Energy Cooperatives to

Award Grants in November


Project Funded By a Bright Ideas Grant
Sir Purr, mascot of the Carolina Panthers, surprises a
grant winner with her check!
North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives will celebrate Bright Ideas Month in November by awarding $590,000 to deserving teachers across the state.

The electric cooperatives received a record number of applications for Bright Ideas funding for the 2011-2012 school year. Thanks to all of the many dedicated teachers who shared their innovative ideas for enhanced learning by applying.
Project Funded By a Bright Ideas Grant



Since the program’s inception in 1994, North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives have awarded more than $7.3 million to N.C. teachers. The Bright Ideas program has reached more than 1.3 million students in all subjects including math, reading, science and technology, music and the arts.






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