FRS Grant Program
Every year, FRS awards between $250 and $5,000 to rural communities throughout the United States. These grants are designed to provide support to a variety of local efforts to help build and sustain a high quality of life in rural America. The application process isn’t complicated, and the benefits are far-reaching. Help your community learn more about the FRS Grant Program by checking out the application today!

FRS supports organizations and projects that fit into the following grant categories:

• Business and Economic Development—Entrepreneurship and job creation programs.
• Community Development—Outreach programs that promote technology learning and innovation. Programs that encourage rural development through arts and tourism.
• Education—Technology in the classroom (computers, smart boards), curriculum development, extracurricular activities and distance learning programs.
• Telecommunications—Broadband applications such as telehealth technology, broadband adoption projects and basic technology infrastructure (like community hot spots).

Click here for more information and to download the application.

Every summer, hundreds of rural students from all over the United States are chosen to visit our nation’s capital and learn about rural telecommunications.  Green Hills proudly sponsors one local student each year by paying for their airfare, lodging, registration fees and spending money for this unique opportunity (valued at $1,600). The deadline for the 2023 trip is March 31, 2023. If you’re interested, speak to your high school counselor or contact Sherryl Garcia at 660-644-5411. Counselor’s must nominate students for this trip, so it’s important to let your counselor know you’re interested in entering.  Link to informational video.    The 2023 Youth Tour will be held May 31-June 4, 2023.

Each year, high school seniors whose parent or legal guardians are telephone, Internet, or TV customers of Green Hills Communications have the opportunity to win a $2,500 scholarship. Scholarship applications from all over the United States are submitted to FRS for judging. If an entry is chosen from Green Hills, the scholarship is sponsored in part by Green Hills Communications ($500) and FRS (up to $5000). If an entry from our area is not chosen, Green Hills chooses a winner from our area applicants and awards the winner with a $500 college scholarship.

The deadline for the 2023 scholarship is February 08, 2023.  All applications must be entered online. For more information contact your high school counselor or Sherryl Garcia at Green Hills Communications.

Link to scholarship application.

2022 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

For many years, Green Hills Communications has been able to donate over $4,400 in school supplies to assist students in the Green Hills area. In 2021, we were able to add the schools in our newly acquired territory (Lafayette, Saline & Pettis Counties) bringing the total to over $8,600 in donations. Donating such items as crayons, calculators, scissors, markers, pencils, hand sanitizer, kleenexs, and more. The schools are contacted each year for their wish list and then items are delivered before the school year begins.

Green Hills Communications began the Gift of Giving program in 2018. This is a way to embrace the holiday spirt of giving and extend a special thank you to our business customers. We contact each of our business customers and ask them to choose a charity of their choice, then Green Hills will make a $15 donation to that charity on their behalf. Green Hills Communications has donated over $4,100 in 2022 to local charities in our area. To add a local charity to our list, please contact Sherryl Garcia at 660-644-5411 or submit your suggestions at comments@greenhills.net.

(Charitable organizations are required to use these donations to assist local communities within the Green Hills territory and cannot be politically or religiously based.)