Sawnee Foundation Accepting Applications for Youth ScholarshipStory Contact: Cindy Badgett The Sawnee Foundation is offering seven (7) $3,000 scholarships to eligible Seniors in 2009. Scholarships will be awarded to seven (7) students selected from the Sawnee EMC territory which consists of parts of Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall and Lumpkin. If no application is received from one of the listed counties, then no scholarship will be awarded that county. To be eligible, a student must be a high school senior and the student’s permanent residence must be served by Sawnee EMC. Scholarship packets have been delivered to local high schools in the Sawnee EMC territory. Applications are also available online at www.sawnee.com or by contacting Cindy Badgett at 678-455-1539. The application deadline is 5pm on February 2, 2009. About Sawnee EMC: Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is a distribution electric cooperative headquartered in Cumming, Georgia. Sawnee serves electricity to over 142,000 accounts in greater north Georgia. Sawnee assets exceed $368 million with annual energy sales of 2.23 billion and revenue of $201 M. With over 296 dedicated employees making up a team of professionals that meet the needs of its member-owners through a network of over 9,520 miles of distribution facilities in Sawnee’s complex network of distribution facilities.
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