This week, the Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation awarded over $50,000 in Bright Ideas Education Grants to local teachers across Bryan, Liberty, and McIntosh counties – the most Bright Ideas grants ever awarded by the Foundation in a single year.

Through the support of co-op members who allow their electric bills to be rounded up to the next whole dollar as part of Operation Round Up, these grants turn innovative classroom project ideas into reality.

Grant awards will fund projects benefiting students from early elementary through high school in various areas of learning – core subjects, the arts and even career readiness.

Since 2002, the Coastal Electric Cooperative Foundation has awarded around half a million dollars through the Bright Ideas program, empowering educators to bring creativity to life in their classrooms.