3 Scholarship Program Opportunities for Menard Electric Cooperative Members and Their Children

LaVern and Nola McEntire Lineworker's Scholarship - Applications due April 30, 2025. 

Menard Electric Cooperative Program- Applications were due March 1, 2025

Thomas H Moore IEC Memorial Scholarships - Applications were due December 31, 2024.

(Please read all descriptions-students may qualify to apply for multiple scholarships) 

Lavern and Nola McEntire Lineworker's Scholarship

Apply Here for the 2025 scholarship.   Deadline April 30, 2025

One $2,000 scholarship to the lineworker school conducted by the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives in conjunction with Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Ill. Applicants must be sons or daughters of Illinois cooperative members, relatives of Illinois cooperative employees or directors, individuals enrolled in Lincoln Land's lineworker school, or individuals who have served or are serving in the armed forces or National Guard.

Please read guidelines carefully. Submissions due April 30, 2025, and winners announced in July 2025.

Menard Electric Cooperative Scholarship Program 

2024 Winners! Drew Atwater and Daxton Trueblood of PORTA and Jack Harris of Athens High School. 

Deadline has passed. 2025 Winners will be announced in May.   

This program awards three cash scholarships and one all-expenses paid trip on the Youth to Washington Tour 

  • $2,000 scholarship to a 4-year college or university
  • $1,500 scholarship to a 2-year community college
  • $1,500 scholarship to an accredited technical school
  • BONUS: One applicant will be awarded an all expenses paid pass on the Youth to Washington Tour. Next tour: June 16-23, 2025

General requirements: Applicant must be a high school senior or equivalent; parent/legal guardian must be a Menard Electric Cooperative member with their primary residence or business served by the cooperative.

*On the Youth to Washington Tour more than 60 students from Illinois travel together to spend a week in Washington, D.C. and meet Illinois Congressmen, Senators and their staffs, tour historical sites, receive information on career paths, learn about co-ops, make lifelong friends, and meet students from across the U.S. It is truly a remarkable trip sponsored for more than 50 years by U.S. electric and telephone co-ops. Past participants have visited such places as Gettysburg; Arlington National Cemetery; White House; U.S. Capitol Building; Washington Monument; the Newseum; Holocaust and Smithsonian Museums; and the Iwo Jima, Lincoln, Jefferson, Korean War, Vietnam War, World War II, U.S. Marine Corps and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorials. See more details at the  Illinois Youth to Washington Tour website.

 

Thomas H Moore Illinois Electric Cooperative (IEC) Memorial Scholarship Program

2024 Winner from Menard Electric! Katherine Kuehl from PORTA High School

Deadline for 2025 scholarship program was Dec 31, 2024 

This program is administered by the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives and awards 16 scholarships to high school seniors throughout Illinois

  • Ten $2,000 scholarships to children of electric cooperative members receiving service from an Illinois electric cooperative and attending a 4-year university, 2-year college or a vocational/tech school. 
  • Five $2,000 scholarships to children of Illinois electric cooperative members or employees, who are enrolling full-time in a 2-year Illinois community college.
  • One $2,000 scholarship to the child of an Illinois electric cooperative employee attending a college, university, community college or vocational/tech school. 

Please read the guidelines carefully before filling out the online application. Submissions are due December 31, 2024, and winners will be announced May 2025.