GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) – Farmer’s RECC member Steve Kistler has won third place in Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Who Powers You contest.
After decades of teaching Hart County children, the veteran teacher noticed students were struggling to get to the next level of education due to the costs. He decided to do something about it.
In 2015, he and a small group of like-minded people started the Hart County Scholarship Alliance, a non-profit that sought donations to help deserving Hart County students with scholarships.
“We got a board together and we started asking people for money, and it was way more generous than we anticipated,” Kistler said in a release. “In the first year, we got five or six thousand dollars in donations and we were thrilled.”
According to the release, in 2023, the scholarship contributions grew to $50,000 per year. Over the last 10 years, the Hart County Scholarship Alliance has provided nearly half a million dollars toward educational scholarships for Hart County students.
“The more education you can pour into a community, the better it’s got to be for everybody,” he said in a release.
He’ll receive a $250 check for his work.
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