Three Klickitat County Students Chosen for $1,000 Scholarships
From Cypress Creek Renewables:
Durham, NC, June 9, 2023 – Cypress Creek Renewables is pleased to announce that three Klickitat County students were selected to receive its Energizing Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship award:
Willa McLaughlin – Trout Lake School
Thea Smith – Goldendale High School
Michael Smith – Columbia High School
Each student was awarded a $1,000, one-time scholarship to use for tuition, housing, or books and materials needed for their program of study. As part of the application process, the students were asked to submit a short video responding to the question “How does renewable energy affect your future?”
“We were delighted to read the applications and watch the creative videos submitted by the talented high school seniors from Klickitat County who are among this year’s Energizing Tomorrow’s Leaders awardees,” said Sarah Slusser, CEO of Cypress Creek. “It’s exciting to think about what these ambitious students will accomplish in the future, and we wish them success.”
The Energizing Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship program was created by Cypress Creek Renewables to positively impact young people in the communities where it develops and operates renewable energy projects. It’s also intended to encourage students to consider careers in renewable energy or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). This year, 34 students across the nation were selected for the scholarship program. All of the scholarship awardees’ video submissions are viewable at ccrenew.com/scholarships.
About Cypress Creek Renewables
Cypress Creek Renewables is a leading renewables developer and independent power producer. It develops, finances, owns, and operates utility-scale and distributed solar and energy storage projects across the United States with a mission to power a sustainable future, one project at a time. Since its inception, Cypress Creek has developed 12GW of solar projects. Today it owns more than 2GW of solar and has a 25GW solar and storage pipeline. Cypress Creek's leading O&M services business, Cypress Creek Solutions, operates and maintains over 4.5GW of solar projects under contract and has a presence in 23 states. For more information about Cypress Creek, please visit ccrenew.com.
