ECE's 2012 Youth Tour

In keeping with a tradition that began nearly 50 years ago, ECE sent local students to Washington, D.C. as part of the Rural Electric Youth Tour.

Hailey Meyer, a junior at Foley High School, and Carl Cronin, a senior at Milaca High School, joined hundreds of teens from around the country as they explored the nation's capital as ECE's guests on the 2011 Youth Tour.  

Electric cooperatives, including ECE, sponsor the tour as an opportunity for students to learn firsthand about democracy. The youth meet with their elected officials, tour the national monuments and museums and enjoy specially-planned events with their peers.  

ECE will sponsor two students on the tour June 16-21, 2012. Completed applications and essays for the 2012 Youth Tour were due February 1, 2012.

If you will be a high school junior or senior in 2013 and are interested in the Rural Electric Youth Tour, a six-day, all-expense-paid educational trip  to Washington, D.C. contact ECE Community Relations Coordinator Cindy Rolain at 1-800-254-7944, ext. 2022, or email cindy.rolain@ecemn.com. To be eligible, your parent or guardian must be an ECE member.


Please visit the Youth Tour Web site at www.youthtour.org for more information about the tour.