Electric Cooperative Youth Tour

Each year, Ozarks Electric Cooperative sends four high school juniors on an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. called Youth Tour. Youth Tour is coordinated by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and sponsored by electric cooperatives across the nation. Students will join more than 1,500 other young leaders in D.C. to learn about our nation's government, our nation's history and their place in our nation's future. Winners are selected through an essay and interview process.

Students may contact their high school guidance counselors for information about Youth Tour. The application requires that each student write an essay on a topic provided by Ozarks Electric and provide at least one letter of recommendation. All applications and letters of recommendation must be submitted by the deadline to be eligible. Applicants should be successful in academics, engaged in extra-curricular activities and/or community service and have demonstrated leadership potential.

After the essays are judged, finalists will be selected to be interviewed. Winners from Arkansas and Oklahoma are selected to attend the trip that takes place in June each summer.

Deadline is March 1, 2023 at 5 p.m. The 2023 Youth Tour will be from June 16-22.

This contest is open to all current high school juniors attending one of the following schools, as well as homeschoolers residing in those districts.

Arkansas Arts Academy
Cave Springs High School
Don Tyson School of Innovation
Elkins High School
Farmington High School
Greenland High School
Haas Hall Academy
Fayetteville Christian

Fayetteville High School
Har-Ber High School
Huntsville High School
Lincoln High School
Prairie Grove High School
Prism Education Center
Saint Paul High School
Shiloh Christian

Sequoyah Tahlequah High School
Springdale High School
Stilwell High School
Watts High School
West Fork High School
Westville High School

Youth Tour Application

First name*

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Student's Email Address*

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High School Counselor’s Name*

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Recommendation Letter Requests*

At least one letter of recommendation is required. Recommenders should be teachers, counselors, or other community mentors or contacts. Recommenders may not be family members. Please enter the name and email address for each recommender you choose below. Your recommender will submit their letters online through a link which will be emailed to them once you submit your application. It is advised that you contact your recommenders to let them know your request is coming and to verify their recommendation was submitted. Recommendation letters are due by the application deadline: March 1, 2023 at 5 p.m.

I agree to abide by all rules of the contest and by the decisions rendered by judges at all levels of the competition.*

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How did you learn about youth tour? *

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Please choose one of the following topics and write a 500-700 word essay to answer in the space provided. It is often helpful to compose your answer in a word processing document and then copy paste it over. Your essay will be scored on development of topic and details, organization, format/ grammar and usage/ mechanics. Development of topic and details given will have the largest weight in scoring. *

One of the guiding principles of Ozarks Electric Cooperative is Concern for Community. Why do you think it’s important to give back to the community you are part of? What impact can renewable energy have on the lives of people in your community?

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