Applications and more information about the program can be found at ncbrightideas.com.

Grants are available in all curriculum areas, including art, science, history, music, and mathematics. Over the past 29 years, Pee Dee Electric has issued over $300,000 for projects benefiting students in Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly and Union counties. Bright Ideas grant applications will be accepted through Sept. 15, but teachers are encouraged to apply early. Those who submit their application by the early bird deadline of Aug. 15 will be entered to win a $100 Visa gift card.

Supported by all 26 electric cooperatives in North Carolina, Bright Ideas Education Grants have contributed over $15 million to N.C. classrooms, funding 14,200 projects that have benefited well over 3.5 million students statewide since 1994.