Havelock teachers receive more than $7,000 in Bright Ideas Education Grants

Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative (CCEC) and the Carteret-Craven Electric Foundation have awarded more than $7,000 in Bright Ideas education grants to seven teachers at Craven County Schools in Havelock to fund engaging projects for their students. Nearly 1800 students will benefit from these grants.

“Educators who win Bright Ideas grants are going above and beyond for their students,” said Melissa Glenn, communications director at CCEC. “The innovative and creative learning initiatives developed by our area’s teachers are impressive, and we are proud to help them bring these bright ideas to life.”

Over the past 30 years, CCEC and its foundation have contributed more than $646,000 to local teachers, funding 852 projects benefiting over 175,000 students in Carteret County and Havelock. Winning projects cover nearly all subjects, including science, math, technology, art, music, and more.

CCEC is one of 26 electric cooperatives in North Carolina offering Bright Ideas grants to local teachers. Since 1994, North Carolina’s electric cooperatives collectively have awarded nearly $16 million in Bright Ideas funding for almost 15,000 projects benefiting nearly 4 million students statewide.

Bright Ideas grant applications are accepted by the co-op each year from April through mid-September, and winning proposals are selected in a competitive evaluation process by a panel of judges. The application process will reopen for interested teachers in April 2024.

The Bright Ideas grant program is part of Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative’s ongoing commitment to building a brighter future through community support of education.

Follow CCEC on Facebook @CarteretCraven to see how programs, such as Bright Ideas, are impacting local students and communities. To learn more about Bright Ideas grants, visit ccemc.com/BrightIdeas and follow @NCBrightIdeas on Facebook and Twitter.

Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative supplies power to 45,000 meters serving more than 42,000 members in Carteret, Craven, Jones and Onslow counties and is part of Touchstone Energy®, a nationwide family of co-ops exhibiting the core values of integrity, accountability, innovation and commitment to community.

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