CCPPD

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Youth Tour

Youth Tour is in June each year. The Nebraska Rural Electric Washington Youth Tour is an annual, weeklong, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC, that is open to high school students who have participated in the Youth Energy Leadership Camp. Nationwide, rural electric providers from 41 states participate. In all, more than 1,700 young people from across the nation gather in Washington, DC, each year for this event. Cuming County Public Power District sends one student each year.

Member-systems of NREA send students to Washington, DC, for a variety of reasons including:

  1. Educating students about the role of rural electric systems in the national economy;
  2. Fostering students’ appreciation for the democratic form of government;
  3. Exposing students to the sights and sounds of our nation’s heritage; and
  4. Building students’ leadership skills so that they may make a difference in their rural communities.

High school students who attend the Youth Energy Leadership Camp have the opportunity to compete for a chance to participate as state ambassadors in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Tour in Washington D.C. in June of the following year. All ambassador expenses are paid by the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and through a scholarship provided by the Cooperative Finance Corporation. Three students are selected by their peers to serve as ambassadors.

Nebraska delegates and ambassadors tour the Nation’s Capitol including the National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums. Participants will have breakfast with the Nebraska congressional delegation and they will visit congressional offices. Trips outside the Beltway include a visit to Gettysburg and Mount Vernon.

The Washington Youth Tour is sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and participating members of the NREA, including Cuming County Public Power District. Contact Nicki White at CCPPD for more information 402-372-2463.

For more information about Youth Tour visit: http://youthtour.coop