GRM Networks has announced plans for the Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour and how to apply for several scholarships.
GRM Networks will sponsor two high school juniors on an all-expense paid trip to the 2022 Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour June 1-5 in Washington, D.C. Youth representing GRM Networks will join other students representing rural telecommunication providers from across the United States as they learn about legislative and government processes and the importance of quality broadband connections.
Selected youth will also tour famous historical sites and monuments and meet with the representatives from the Federal Communications Commission as well as staff and members of congress from the youth’s congressional district. Youth will also attend sessions focused on developing leadership skills.
Area youth whose parents or legal guardians are members of GRM Networks may apply. Students must be a junior in high school and age 16 or 17 at the time of the tour. Students age 18 or above at the time of the tour are ineligible to attend. Relatives of GRM Networks employees and board members are not eligible to participate.
An informational flier and application may be obtained from the guidance counselor at any high school served by GRM Networks; by visiting any GRM Networks business office and requesting an application; or by downloading the application from www.grm.net/about-us/youthtour/.
Completed applications must be submitted no later than Feb. 25 and may be submitted by email to Amy Davison at [email protected] or by mail to Amy Davison, GRM Networks, 1001 Kentucky Street, Princeton, MO 64673.
In addition, GRM Networks has announced it will offer six scholarships through the GRM Networks Scholarship Program.
GRM Networks also partners with the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS), the philanthropic arm of NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, to provide the opportunity for numerous additional scholarships to local students. This year, there are two separate applications – one for the scholarships from GRM Networks and one for the scholarships from FRS.
Eligible students must have a parent or legal guardian who is an active GRM Networks customer in good standing. Immediate family members of GRM Networks employees, or its board of directors, are not eligible for GRM Networks scholarships. However, students from those families will be considered for scholarships offered by FRS.
GRM Networks will award up to $5,500 in scholarship money. This includes one $1,500 scholarship; two $1,000 scholarships; two $750 scholarships; and one $500 scholarship.
Students may learn more about the GRM Networks scholarship and complete an application at www.grm.net/about-us/scholarships/.
FRS awards several scholarships including the James L. Bass Legal Scholarship which is for students entering their first year of law school and who have an interest in rural communities. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is Feb. 25. Information about the application process, as well as the application, may be found at The James L. Bass Legal Scholarship | FRS – Foundation for Rural Service.
Other scholarships awarded by FRS include several one-time $2,500 scholarships as well as multiple named scholarships to students from rural America. These scholarships are awarded to students entering their first year of college, university or vocational-technical school. GRM Networks sponsors the local applicants for the FRS scholarships, and pays $500 of the award to any local winners. Students may learn more about the program and obtain an application at www.frs.org/programs/youth-programs/scholarships. Applications must be submitted to FRS no later than Feb. 25.
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