You’re a Texas high school student. You’re smart; you have big dreams. Maybe you’ve never been out of the state, and maybe you’ve never flown on a plane, but you want to travel—experience a big city, visit historic landmarks and meet people, and not just fellow high schoolers but influential public figures, like U.S. representatives.
If that describes you, then you’re a candidate to compete for a spot on the Governmentin-Action Youth Tour, an allexpense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Big Country Electric Cooperative and organized by Texas Electric Cooperatives.
Apply by January 20, 2022 for your chance to win a ticket for this adventure, which has been called the trip of a lifetime. Three local contestants will be chosen by an independent panel of judges to represent BCEC on the Government-in-Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., June 12-21, 2022. An alternate will also be chosen in the event a winner cannot make the trip.
Youth Tour is an actionpacked trip to the U.S. Capitol with about 150 of your peers and chaperones from across Texas and more than 1,700 from across the United States. You’ll 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.
You could be part of this legacy shared by the more than 3,800 past Texas Youth Tour students – more than 50,000 nationwide - who have participated since 1965. To apply, submit your video on this year’s contest topic: The rolling blackouts in February 2021 rocked the state of Texas. Most consumers don’t understand what led to that situation, or how Texas’ utility grid and energy market operate. In a maximum five-minute video, explain what happened and why, how Texas’ utility grid and energy market work, and why it’s important for consumers to understand that.
Eligible entrants must:
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 DO NOT have to be members/customers of Big Country Electric Cooperative to compete in and win the Youth Tour contest.
Download Application at bigcountry.coop, click on Service Beyond Electricity → Youth Tour. Submit to Sarah McLen at smclen@bigcountry. coop or fax to 325.776.2246. Applications are due by Thursday, January 20, 2022.
Once your application is received, you will receive an email with a link and instructions on how to post your video.
Videos must be uploaded by 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 27, 2022. Please include your name with the video title. Example: Title of my Video by John Smith.
Multiple applicants CAN-NOT submit the same video. The video MUST BE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL CREATION!
Entrants will be notified of results by email or phone by Thursday, February 10, 2022.
Additionally, Big Country EC will donate a grant in the amount of $500 to the school that has the most students submit videos.
For more information about Youth Tour, contact Sarah McLen at (325) 776-3803 or smclen@bigcountry.coop.
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