Electric Cooperative Youth Tour

On the trip of a lifetime courtesy of their local sponsoring electric cooperative their state association and nreca.

Electric cooperative youth tour.

High school juniors explore the nation s capital on the electric cooperative youth tour an all expense paid trip to washington d c. 55 years later the youth tour stands true to johnson s dream and the cooperative spirit. These students join 1 400 other juniors also sent from cooperatives across the country to learn about our nation s government our nation s history and their place in our nation s future. And it wasn t just the beautiful monuments buildings towers and cathedrals that made my trip so awe inspiring.

Every june as many as 1 500 high school students from across the country spend a week in the nation s capital as part of the national rural electric cooperative youth tour the students are sponsored by electric cooperatives cooperatives that are committed to educating america s rural youth about america and the role electric cooperatives play. Out of an abundance of caution youth tour is canceled for 2020 due to safety concerns regarding travel and the covid 19 pandemic. Johnson initiated the government in action youth tour in 1957 so young people in rural america could see what the flag stands for and represents in 1965 texas electric cooperatives organized the first official texas youth tour. Approximately 1 500 students from across the u s.

Shana read is director of education and training at kansas electric cooperatives in topeka where she coordinates the electric cooperative youth tour for her state and hawaii with kaua i island utility cooperative s shelley paik. Gather each june to learn more about government and electric cooperatives and. What is the government in action youth tour. Before the covid 19 pandemic canceled the 2020 youth tour read was scheduled to accompany 40 students from both states for the week long trip to washington d c.

Electric cooperative youth tour each year ozarks electric cooperative sends four high school juniors on an all expenses paid trip to washington d c. Nreca s youth tour and youth scholarships 2020 youth tour update for over 50 years teens from rural america have been coming to washington d c. We ll check into our hotel this afternoon elect our state youth leadership council ylc representative and have time to trade state pins with other youth tour students from around the country. Our day begins with a guided tour of the battlefields at gettysburg one of the civil war s most dynamic encounters before completing our journey to washington d c.