Nobles Cooperative Electric is offering high school students a chance of a lifetime through the Youth Tour Contest. A free trip to Washington, D.C. This contest is open to high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors attending school in Murray and Nobles Counties. Seniors that apply also have an opportunity to win a $500 scholarship!
Entrants must write a 300-word essay on a topic determined by Nobles Cooperative Electric and submit an application. Students may pick up applications and more information from their high school counselor’s office, Nobles Cooperative Electric’s website or contact Tracey at Nobles Cooperative Electric at 507-372-7331. The first 15 students to enter will receive a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com. The deadline for submitting applications and essays is February 28.
Each application and essay will be reviewed and five finalists will be selected. The finalists will be brought back for short interviews with the winners announced in March.
From the five finalists interviewed, there will be one trip given away for first place. Second place will receive $150 and third place $100.
As one Youth Tour winner explained, “I am grateful to Nobles Cooperative Electric for allowing me the opportunity to attend a truly life changing adventure to Washington, D.C. for the annual Youth Tour. We had the opportunity to hear from countless experienced business men and women within different fields explain their daily lives, how they individually advanced in their leadership positions in their careers, and how they view the future for themselves and this everchanging industry.”
Each year electric cooperatives around the nation sponsor students on a trip to Washington, D.C. The winner will travel with 40 teens sponsored by other Minnesota electric cooperatives June 14 through June 19. They make up part of more than a 1,900-member delegation from around the country. These students will meet their congressional delegations, tour our nation’s monuments and museums, plus learn about electric cooperatives, civic and political responsibilities. It’s an experience not to be forgotten.
Nobles Cooperative Electric is proud to sponsor this contest. It is a once in a lifetime experience where students bring back much more than souvenirs. These trips give local teens exposure to cooperatives and government in action. It is an investment in our youth and our future.
The Youth Tour challenges students to break out of their comfort zone and experience a world they have not seen before—one they would not have experienced had this opportunity not been presented to them.
Nobles Cooperative Electric believes in commitment to community. They provide electric service to 6,900 members in Murray and Nobles Counties.
