Jeffrey Collins and Katy Adams were among the over 1,500 high school students from across the country that participated in the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour held June 13-19, in Washington, D.C. These kids earned this all-expense-paid trip when they were named winners of Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc. Youth Tour Contest.
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Each year in June, an action-filled week provides high school students opportunities to learn first-hand what it is like to be involved in politics, community service and today’s pressing issues. Highlights included meeting with their elected representatives in the U.S. House and Senate to discuss the process of government and issues of the day, and increasing their knowledge of cooperative electric utilities and American history.
The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour has been a joint effort of local electric co-ops, such as Greenbelt EC, their statewide co-op associations, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia for over 40 years.
While in Washington, D.C., they met people from all corners of the country and visited historical monuments, museums and Capitol Hill and learned so much about the role of electric cooperatives in the energy industry.
For more information, please go to http://www.youthtour.coop.
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