PIE&G Communities First Fund Board Awards $15,500 in Scholarships to Area High School Grads

April 27, 2017 (Onaway) Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op members continue to assist area community organizations and individuals through the voluntary round up of their electric and natural gas billings. Member contributions to the PIE&G Communities First Fund (“CFF”) provide resources for grants and scholarships to benefit their local communities in PIE&G’s service area.

At their recent meeting, the CFF board of directors awarded fifteen (15) scholarships of $1,000 each to each of the following 2017 high school graduates:

ALMONT
Sydney Torres
Hayley Torres

ALPENA
Trevor Roznowski
Kristin McCormick

ATLANTA
Brianna Gross
Tiffany Juergens
Enrico Racz-Reene

CHEBOYGAN
Jeffrey Ostman Jr.

INLAND LAKES
MacKenzie Hemmer
Regan Bunker

JOHANNESBURG-LEWISTON
Destiny Pryor

ONAWAY
Cameron Horn
Noel Nash

POSEN
Izaiah Hincka

WOLVERINE
Teah Lowe

In addition to the above scholarships, the A. Barkley Travis Memorial Scholarship, valued at $500, was awarded Ashley Wirgau of Rogers City.

The PIE&G Communities First Fund is managed by an all volunteer, independent board of directors. Students must meet CFF scholarship program requirements. For more information, go to the ‘Communities First’ tab on this website and follow the the link to Scholarships.