Local students win Coweta-Fayette EMC scholarships

8 Coweta County students, 8 Fayette County students, and 3 Heard County students received a total of $52,500 in scholarships from Coweta-Fayette EMC. 14 students received Melissa Segars Memorial Scholarships, worth $3,000 each; 7 received Coweta-Fayette Trust Technical Scholarships, worth $1,000 each.; and 1 received CFEMC’s Lineman School Scholarship through West GA worth $3,500.

The Coweta-Fayette EMC Trust awards thousands of dollars in scholarships to local students each spring. The Melissa Segars Memorial Scholarship recognizes high school seniors with a dedication to community service. The Coweta-Fayette Trust Technical Scholarship recognizes deserving students attending Southern Crescent Technical College (SCTC) or West Georgia Technical College (WGTC).

Melissa Segars Memorial Scholarship winners from Coweta County are:  Bailey Crawford, Trinity Christian School; Carmen Rubado, Rubado Academy; Carson Hopkins, East Coweta High School; Grant Van Gerpen, Trinity Christian School; Jaxson Zuccala, Northgate High School; Mary Howell, Newnan High School.

Melissa Segars Memorial Scholarship winners from Fayette County are: Jackson Williams, Coram Deo Classical School

Coweta-Fayette Trust Technical Scholarship winners from Coweta County are: Angilina Oakes, WGTC; Bernardo Roda, WGTC; Jennifer Wilson, WGTC.

Coweta-Fayette Trust Technical Scholarship winners from Fayette County are: Alli Wright, SCTC; Chelsea Atkinson, SCTC; Laura Das Neves, SCTC.

Both Melissa Segars Scholarships and Coweta-Fayette Trust Technical Scholarships are made possible by Operation Round-Up. Operation Round-Up is a program in which Coweta-Fayette EMC members voluntarily “round-up” their electric bills to benefit the community.

If you are a Coweta-Fayette EMC member and you would like to support scholarships for local students, as well as local organizations and individuals in need, visit utility.org/operation-round-up-purpose/ and sign up for Operation Round-Up. For pennies a month, you can make a difference in the lives of many.

Melissa Segars Memorial Scholarship Winners

Coweta-Fayette Trust Technical Scholarship Winners