Mid-Rivers will draw for 15 $1,000 scholarships at the Cooperative’s Annual Meeting on May 27, 2026, at the Circle Country Market in Circle, MT. To qualify for the scholarship drawing, the student must:

• attend the Annual Meeting with a parent or guardian who has active telephone or Internet services with the Cooperative

• be enrolled to attend a higher education institution in the fall of 2026

• pre-register for the drawing by 11:59 PM on May 22, 2026 using the online registration form located here.

• check in at the Scholarship Registration table at the Annual Meeting

• be present during the Business Meeting when the drawing takes place

Registration for the meeting and scholarship check-in will begin at 10:00 AM and close at the start of the Business Meeting at 11:00 AM. Scholarship recipients will be drawn at random from the list of eligible students in attendance at the meeting.

As a member of the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS), Mid-Rivers offers area students the opportunity to submit applications for a variety of scholarships through the FRS. These applications are managed and reviewed through the FRS. Applications are available through Kaleidoscope, a scholarship-hosting platform. Students whose parent(s)/guardian(s) are customers of Mid-Rivers Communications will need to indicate Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. as their member company. Students only need to submit one application to be considered for all available scholarships for which they are eligible. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2027.

For a full overview of eligibility requirements, available scholarships and to access the application, please visit the FRS Scholarships webpage at https://www.frs.org/programs/youth-programs/scholarships