Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour

Rainbow will sponsor two students from different schools within the area to attend an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. for the Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour. Rainbow will cover airfare, registration fees & food, travel to and from the airport, and give the students $150 in spending money – a trip valued at over $1,800! The FRS Youth Tour will bring 100 high-school students from rural America together for an educational and exciting experience in Washington D.C. The tour dates are June 5th-9th, 2021 and highlights include a visit to Arlington National Cemetery, Smithsonian Museums, Nighttime tour of the monuments, a trip to the FCC, U.S. Capitol, and much more! Students must be 16 or 17 years old at the time of the tour and their parents or guardian must be a Rainbow customer. Applications are available by clicking HERE or at any of the Rainbow locations.  Applications are due February 12, 2021. Contact Kinsey Boller for any questions at community@rainbowtel.com or 800-892-0163. 

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Foundation for Rural Service Scholarship

Rainbow, along with the Foundation for Rural Service is offering scholarships to local students. Established in 1994, FRS, in cooperation with the NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association, seeks to sustain and enhance the quality of life throughout Rural America by advancing an understanding of rural telecommunications issues. In keeping with its mission, furthering the education of rural youth is one of the foundation’s primary focuses.  Our company, Rainbow, is a member of NTCA and is proud to support FRS in this worthy endeavor.

As your local telecommunications service provider, it is our pleasure to offer this national scholarship program to the students in your school. Should a student from our service area be selected to receive one of the 30 scholarships ($2,000 each), we will contribute an additional $500 to the scholarship, bringing the total one-time scholarship award to $2,500. 

Applications are online at www.frs.org. Completed applications by March 1, 2021 and postmarked to the Foundation. All applications MUST be a Rainbow customer. For additional questions, please call Kinsey Boller at community@rainbowtel.com or 800-892-0163.