Flathead Electric offers ‘social distancing’ scholarships

Flathead Electric Cooperative holds a scholarship drawing each year for high school seniors who attend the co-op’s annual meeting. The meeting was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Flathead Electric still wants to give local students a chance to win those scholarship dollars.

While local high school students are stuck at home taking online classes and practicing their social distancing, they now have a chance to put their name in the hat for the co-op’s random scholarship drawing scheduled for March 30, according to a co-op press release. Four $500 scholarships will be awarded.

To be eligible for the scholarships, the student must be a graduating high school senior in Flathead Electric’s service territory whose parent or guardian is a member of the co-op, and they must be attending an accredited college or trade school in the state of Montana next year.

To enter, students must complete an online application. These applications aren’t graded — all completed applications will be entered into the random drawing. As part of the application, entrants will be asked to answer a few questions about hydropower (the type of power that Flathead Electric Cooperative is served by).

For more information or to apply for a scholarship, visit: https://www.flatheadelectric.com/scholarships/.