High School Juniors Could Win Youth Tour Trip To Washington From EREC

January 8, 2009

High school juniors in our area have the opportunity to win an all-expense paid trip to Tallahassee in February and Washington, D.C.  in June as part of the 2009 Rural Electric Youth Tour.

This spring an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D. C. will be awarded to two young people from this area by Escambia River Electric Cooperative. As participants in the Youth Tour, local contest winners will travel by plane to Washington to spend one week seeing historic sites and visiting members of Congress.

The Rural Electric Youth Tour is an annual, week-long event in June during which high school juniors from all over the country convene in Washington to learn more about government, cooperatives and rural electrification.

The tour is coordinated by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Washington-based national service organization of the nation’s rural electric systems. The tour is sponsored by NRECA, local cooperatives and statewide organizations.

During the Rural Electric Youth Tour, students will follow state-planned itineraries, which include a day on Capitol Hill observing the House and Senate in session and visits to members of Congress. Delegates also participate in educational seminars and other fun events, such as a dinner dance on Youth Day.

Many applicants to the program will also be invited to attend the Youth Tour in Tallahassee in April. Attendees will learn about their state’s government as they visit the state capital, Supreme Court, Public Service Commission and other places of interest. During the overnight trip, they will have an opportunity to meet with representatives and senators of their state legislature.

All high school juniors in EREC’s service area are eligible to enter the contest, including students at Northview and Jay high schools. Contest entrants need to fill out an application form, which will be used to select the finalists. The finalists will be interviewed by a panel of judges who will then select the winners.

This is the 23rd year EREC has sponsored a Youth Tour contest. More than 1,200 Youth Tour participants from across rural America will meet in the nation’s capital for the 46th National Rural Electric Youth Tour.

To enter the contest, high school juniors should contact Marketing and Communications at EREC, (850) 675-4521 or (800) 235-3848, for an application. EREC will also visit high schools in its service area to present youth tour information and distribute applications. Deadline to return applications to EREC is January 29th.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News