Rural ElectricYouth Tour
High school juniors will have a blast – and learn something in the process! Meet new people from across the state and across America! And best of all – IT’S FREE!
What is it?
The Rural Electric Youth Tours!
Wiregrass Electric Cooperative (WEC) realizes our future lies in our young people. For this reason, WEC sponsors Youth Tours each year – the Alabama Rural Electric Youth Tour to Montgomery in March and the NRECA Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, DC, in June. By participating in these programs, students will become better citizens, informed voters and good Cooperative members -- just like WEC's 2011 Youth Tour to Washington students Aaron McDaniels and Madison Hendrix (pictured on the right).
These students will have the opportunity to:
- Increase their understanding of the value of rural electrification;
- Become more familiar with the historical and political environment of the nation’s capital through visits to monuments, government buildings and cooperative organizations; and
- Visit elected officials to increase their knowledge of how the federal government works.
Youth Tour to Montgomery
March 6-8, 2012
Wiregrass Electric sponsors several high school juniors to the Alabama Rural Electric Youth Tour to Montgomery each year for a three-day conference/tour in March. High school juniors who have one parent or guardian who is a member and receives electric service from Wiregrass Electric Cooperative are eligible to participate in the competition.
Interested? Fill out an application and return by Jan. 15. Tours include the State Capitol, the Alabama Legislature, State Archives and Rosa Parks Museum. Want more information? Check out the 2012 Youth Tour brochure.
2011 Youth Tour participants from the Wiregrass region are pictured here with Reps. Bobby Moore and Paul Lee; Noah Justice (Hartford), Tanesha Reeves (Cottonwood), Kyle Singletary (Ashford Academy), Kassidy Williams (Cottonwood), Brittany Richardson (Cottonwood), Madison Hendrix (Hartford), Lona Hallford (Cottonwood), Nathan Justice (Hartford), Aaron McDaniels (Geneva), Ethan Lee (Pathway Christian), and Rep. Donnie Chesteen.
Youth Tour to Washington, DC
June 16-21, 2012
From the Montgomery Youth Tour participants, two outstanding students are chosen to attend the NRECA Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, DC. Students are selected by interview to represent Wiregrass Electric with students from throughout Alabama for a week-long trip to our nation’s capitol. Special sites of interest include the Lincoln Monument, Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, the White House, and the House of Representatives. Students will meet with Alabama Legislators as they join almost 1,500 students from across the United States.
2012 Wiregrass Electric Youth Tour Brochure
2012 Wiregrass Electric Youth Tour Application
Alabama Rural Electric Youth Tour Website
Montgomery Youth Tour 2011 Photos
Washington Youth Tour 2011 Photos
Montgomery Youth Tour 2011 Press Release
National Youth Tour Website