At ElectricityPlans.com, we help you Power Your Life. Education is an important part of life. It gives us knowledge of the world around us. It helps us develop our life’s perspective. And, it helps build future success.
That’s why ElectricityPlans.com offers the Energize Your Education Scholarship.
This scholarship rewards a deserving high school senior for using their energy to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Winner of the 2024 Energize Your Education Scholarship
The winner of the 2024 Energize Your Education Scholarship is Carson Sheffield of Allen, Texas. Carson is attending The University of Texas at Austin.
Here is his winning essay.
During my time in high school, I dedicated many hours to a project I started my Freshman year. Initially what was a small toy drive to benefit the community blossomed into something far greater.
At the beginning the organization, Toys for Texans (www.toysfortexans.org) was a way for us to collect toys for a local homeless shelter but after 2 years of challenges, failures and successes we have helped tens of thousands of children and collected over $500,000 in donations.
I can say without a doubt the impact that we made was due to the energy that the team put forth. Each day we encouraged seemingly endless challenges but each day we preserved. At any point we could have quit and still been proud of the work we had done but it was because of our ability to persevere that we were able to grow and learn each day.
The perfect example of this was at our 3rd annual Christmas Event. We had set a goal to help over 6,000 children at the event and in order to do this we had compiled over $400,000 in toys ready to be sorted. The first day passed and while we encountered challenges along the way we stayed on course and finished ahead of schedule. On the morning of the second day, we picked up where we had left off and began to sort more toys but as the day ticked by, we fell further and further behind. We missed delivery after delivery and the first truck did not even leave until that afternoon. At around 9 pm that evening we decided that we needed to start to clean up. I was stressed and flustered as only 2,000 presents had been delivered. At 1 pm I worked with the few remaining volunteers to unload the trucks at our storage facilities. Defeated, I returned home and quickly fell asleep.
The next morning I woke up and began to create a plan. I worked with our team to finalize times for the remaining deliveries. For the rest of the day I took off of school and rode with a volunteer to deliver toys to local schools. When that Monday was done almost all the presents were gone. In the evening days that week we finalized the last deliveries, and every single child got their Christmas gift bundle.
The memories of the challenges we faced will continue to be dear to me, and I hope that the students we have worked with to continue on the work of the organization can continue to have the same energy that allowed us to impact thousands of lives. I truly believe that perseverance can make any goal possible.
The “Energize Your Education” College Scholarship 2024
Here at ElectricityPlans.com we make a positive difference for our customers’ lives by helping them save money on their electricity bill.
Are you a high school senior in Texas attending college in the fall of 2024 or spring of 2025? Then we want to know what positive difference you make in your community!
The Energize Your Education Scholarship rewards your positive energy. Let us know how you use your positive energy in the community to make a difference in the lives of others. You could win a $500 scholarship towards your college education.
Scholarship Requirements
- High school senior, planning to attend an accredited two- or four-year college degree program in fall 2024 or spring 2025
- Minimum of a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Resident of Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Connecticut
Application Process
Complete the online application, including your essay answering this question:
Electricity powers your life. That’s one kind of energy, but not the only kind. How do you bring your positive energy into the community to make a difference in the lives of others?
Scholarship Application Deadline
2024 Scholarship applications: February 1 – May 1 2024
Scholarship Notification Date
Scholarship winner will be notified by May 9, 2024
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