Electric Cooperative Youth Tour
Each year, Ozarks Electric Cooperative sponsors high school juniors on an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. called Youth Tour. The selected delegates will represent Ozarks Electric as they join more than 1,500 other students from electric cooperatives across the nation for a week-long experience in our nation’s capital. Throughout the week, delegates will have the opportunity to meet members of their state’s congressional delegation, visit historic sites, monuments and museums and learn how electric cooperatives impact our rural communities.
In addition to the all-expenses-paid trip, selected delegates will receive a $500 scholarship from Ozarks Electric. Additional scholarship opportunities are available to Youth Tour delegates from the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives.
The application requires that each student write an essay on a topic provided by Ozarks Electric and provide at least one letter of recommendation. Essay finalists will be invited to an interview with Ozarks Electric representatives. Selected delegates from Arkansas and Oklahoma will attend the trip, which takes place in June each summer.
2025 Arkansas Youth Tour: Saturday, June 14 – Friday, June 20
2025 Oklahoma Youth Tour: Friday, June 13 – Thursday, June 19
Applications for the 2025 Youth Tour are now closed. Applications for the 2026 Youth Tour will open on December 1, 2025.
This contest is open to all current high school juniors attending one of the following schools, as well as homeschoolers residing in those districts.
