Grand River, MO-2019-Archive

GRM Networks ® Gives Back

FRS/GRM Networks ® Scholarship Senior students whose parents or guardians are members of GRM Networks ® can apply for The Foundation for Rural Service’s (FRS) $2,500 scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to rural high school seniors: one per geographic region of the NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association membership, and one to a student sponsored by an NTCA associate member. The remaining awards will be distributed proportionate to the number of applications received from each NTCA region. FRS will fund $2,000 of each scholarship, with the sponsoring telecommunications provider or associate member of each winning applicant providing a $500 match. FRS will also provide four Staurulakis Family Scholarships valued at $5,000 each. Students who are majoring in math, science, engineering, or medicine are given preference for the FRS Staurulakis Family Scholarships. Preference will be given to students expressing an interest in returning to a rural area to work following graduation. All scholarships are one-time awards.

GRM Networks ® Gives Back GRM Networks ® Community Improvement Grant Program Clubs and organizations within the GRM Networks ® service areas are eligible to apply for the GRM Networks ® Community Improvement Grant Program. The Grant program authorizes GRM Networks ® to award up to $1,250 per quarter to groups that submit an application describing a project that will better their community. Typically, the quarterly allotment is divided into two $500 awards and one $250 award. Applications are available at www.grm.net/grants .

GRM Networks ® Scholarship Program As a local cooperative business, GRM Networks ® places great importance on the education of students in our service area. To provide support to the students in rural Iowa and Missouri, GRM Networks ® has created the GRM Networks ® Scholarship program GRM Networks ® will award up to $5,500 to graduating high school seniors, and all seniors are eligible to apply as long as their parents or guardians are customers of GRM Networks ® in good standing at the time of the application deadline. Instructions on how to apply for the scholarship are posted at www.grm.net/scholarship each year in January and applications are due mid-March.

FRS/GRM Networks ® Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. Every year students that are juniors in high school and whose parents or legal guardians are members of GRM Networks ® have the opportunity to apply for an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. The five day, four night trip offers an exciting and fast paced tour of our nation’s Capitol. After applicants have been interviewed by a panel of GRM Networks ® board members, two students are chosen to attend the event. Applications are available in January at www.grm. net/youthtour , at the local business offices and from high school guidance counselors.

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