Electric Youth Tour

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Electric youth tour. Songkick is the first to know of new tour announcements and concert information so if your favorite artists are not currently on tour join songkick to. Students attend a premiere youth leadership conference sponsored by the national rural electric cooperative association. Find information on all of electric youth s upcoming concerts tour dates and ticket information for 2020 2021. 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.

Approximately 1 500 students from across the u s. High school juniors explore the nation s capital on the electric cooperative youth tour an all expense paid trip to washington d c. Find out more information about the trip from a national perspective at youthtour coop and if you re interested in applying use the find your co op link in the box to the. While in washington dc the electric cooperative representatives from throughout the united states will enjoy a week of fun and learning.

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. Gather each june to learn more about government and electric cooperatives and. The electric cooperative youth tour has brought high school students to washington d c. 55 years later the youth tour stands true to johnson s dream and the cooperative spirit.

To learn more about the youth tour go to the nc electric cooperatives youth tour page. Twenty two of kentucky s 24 electric cooperatives participate in the kentucky rural electric. 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. We believe that students should see their nation s capital up close learn about the political process and interact with.

More than 90 missouri high school juniors join 1 500 students from 44 other states on the trip of a lifetime to washington d c every summer. The 2 500 katie bunch memorial scholarship and the 2 000 gwen b. Students apply and are selected for this program by their local electric cooperative. Youth tour delegates are also eligible to apply for two college scholarships.

For a week in june every year since the late 1950s. Unfortunately there are no concert dates for electric youth scheduled in 2020. The washington youth tour is an annual week long all expenses paid trip to washington dc that is open to select high school students whose homes are served by electric cooperatives. Out of an abundance of caution youth tour is canceled for 2020 due to safety concerns regarding travel and the covid 19 pandemic.

On the trip of a lifetime courtesy of their local sponsoring electric cooperative their state association and nreca. The next trip date is june 18 24 2021.