Youth Tour: Attention High School Juniors
High school juniors from schools throughout WFEC’s service
area in Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Counties are eligible to compete in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Tour. The contest is limited each year to eleventh-grade students whose parents or guardians are WFEC consumers, or members. WFEC treats all the candidates to a two-day trip to Tallahassee where they will tour the old and new state capitols, meet government officials and observe the legislature in session.
Youth Tour candidates are nominated by their high school counselor or principal and compete against other students in their area for a chance to visit our nation’s capitol.
Once a candidate is chosen from each school in WFEC’s service area, the trip to Tallahassee is taken. Upon the candidates’ return, a panel of experts from other electric co-ops interviews the students individually about their knowledge of WFEC, the rural electrification program and energy facts, then evaluates the students’ responses, communication skills, poise and personalities. Following the interviews, the participants and their guests enjoy a banquet. Two Youth Tour participants are then selected to visit Washington D.C.
The trip to Washington includes breakfast with congressional representatives, a Potomac River cruise and dance, visits to several historic sites, including the U.S. Capitol Building, the White House, Ford’s Theatre, Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Holocaust Memorial Museum and more.
The Youth Tour program’s purpose is to provide public recognition to outstanding young people, and to acquaint high school students with governmental activities on a local, state and federal level. The winners of WFEC’s Youth Tour competition may compete against winners from other co-ops in Florida to represent the state on the national Youth Leadership Board.
Each school in WFEC’s service area chooses its candidate in a different manner, so if you are a high school junior and interested in finding out more about this program, please contact your school’s principal or guidance counselor for eligibility requirements.
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