EREC To Award Two Student Trips To Washington For Youth Tour

February 2, 2010

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, Inc. To be eligible for the contest, the student must be a high school junior and their parent or guardian must be a member of EREC.

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.

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. Students will follow state-planned itineraries, which include a day on Capitol Hill observing the House and Senate in session and visiting with 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 February. 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.

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.

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 pick up applications.

This is the 24th year EREC has sponsored a Youth Tour contest. Approximately 1,500 Youth Tour participants from across rural America will meet in the nation’s capital in June for the National Rural Electric Youth Tour.

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One Response to “EREC To Award Two Student Trips To Washington For Youth Tour”

  1. bill on February 2nd, 2010 6:07 pm

    Why would anyone want to go to Washington. Just kidding ya’ll

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