Operation Round-Up Scholarship Available for High School Seniors

First Electric Cooperative awards nine $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors living in the co-op’s five districts each year. They are funded through the member-supported Operation Round-Up program. 

To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants must be a high school senior whose parents or guardians are First Electric members. They must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average through their senior year of high school and after graduation attend an accredited institute of higher learning in Arkansas on a full-time basis, which includes technical career programs.

For more information about the program, call 800-489-7405 during regular business hours or send an e-mail.

Scholarship recipients for 2022 are:

• Anna Rappold of Houston; St. Joseph High School
• Destiny Johnson of DeWitt; DeWitt High School
• Hunter Wessel of Cabot; Cabot High School
• Jenna Malone of Benton; Benton High School
• Kaleb Moles of Benton; Benton High School
• Kylie Jones of Drasco; Concord High School
• Luke Griffin of Cabot; Cabot High School
• Maygan Jarvis of Heber Springs; Heber Springs High School
• Peyton Stafford of Sherwood; North Little Rock High School