Don’t miss out on an amazing trip to our nation’s capital! Area high school sophomores, juniors and seniors have the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., next summer to participate in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Electric Cooperative Youth Tour leadership program.
One local winner will be among 1,500 high school students chosen from across the nation to tour Washington, D.C., in June, 2025.
The lucky winner will learn more about how government works, visit the Smithsonian Institute, Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Mount Vernon, the FDR Memorial, the World War II Memorial and more.
To qualify, a high school sophomore, junior or senior’s primary residence in Plumas, Lassen, Sierra or Washoe counties must be supplied with either electric power through Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative or Internet service through Plumas-Sierra Telecommunications.
An application is available by clicking here and following the link to www.psrec.coop.
Complete the application and submit a typed or legibly written essay.
The topic for this year’s essay is: “Washington Youth Tour” Students have an opportunity to visit with their congressman or woman. As a member of an electric co-op, write an essay about the concerns and questions you would discuss with your representative. Explain why these are important issues to you.
The essay should be no less than 500 words and no more than 1,000 words.
Essays will be judged on creativity and content (with consideration given to spelling and grammar) by the editorial staff of thre Ruralite magazine in Oregon.
Applications must be returned to Plumas-Sierra REC tomorrow, January 17th. To learn more about the Washington Youth Tour, please visit www.youthtour.coop.
