Cooperative (BCEC) will send five students from the Big Country to be part of Youth Tour history in 2023.
Students may apply by January 19, 2023, for a chance to win a place in this legendary adventure, which has been called the trip of a lifetime! Five local contestants will be chosen by an independent panel of judges to represent BCEC on the all-expenses paid Government- in-Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., June 11-20, 2023.
What is the Youth Tour? It’s an action-packed trip to the U.S. Capitol with about 150 of peers and chaperones from across Texas and more than 1,700 from across the United States. Students will visit the Washington National Cathedral, Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Smithsonian Institution, memorials, and more. Activities include learning about rural electrification, seeing a performance at the Kennedy Center, going on a boat cruise of the Potomac River with dinner and dancing, and meeting congressional leaders.
Youth Tour has been a Texas electric co-op tradition since 1965, when co-ops—inspired by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, who encouraged youths to go to Washington to see their American heritage and government at work, “what the flag stands for and represents”—began sponsoring teens on this trip. Since then, more than 4,000 Texans and 50,000 young Americans have become Youth Tour alumni!
Eligible contest entrants must:
• View the topic, instructions, and apply. Go to bigcountry. coop, and click on Service Beyond Electricity, then Youth Tour. Download and complete the application, then submit to Sarah McLen at smclen@bigcountry. coop. Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, January 19, 2023.
• Be a current 10th, 11th, or 12th grader at a school in Big Country EC’s service area (Borden, Fisher, Garza, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, and Throckmorton Counties).
• Students’ parents/ guardians d onot have to be members/customers of Big Country Electric Cooperative to compete in and win the Youth Tour contest.
• Once your application is received, you will receive an email with a link and instructions on how to post your video.
•Videosmustbeuploaded by 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2023. Please include your name with the video title. Example: Title of my Video by John Smith.
• Multiple applicants CANNOT submit the same video. The video MUST BE THE ORIGINAL CREATION OF ONE PERSON!
Entrants will be notified of results by email or phone by Thursday, February 9, 2023.
Also, Big Country EC will donate a grant of $500 to the school that has the most students submit videos.
For more information about Youth Tour, contact Sarah McLen at (325) 7763803 or smclen@bigcountry. coop.
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