Electric cooperative to sponsor students for D.C. trip

Dubois Rural Electric Cooperative accepting applications for Electric Cooperative Youth Tour

Dubois Rural Electric Cooperative will sponsor two students on the annual Indiana Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The 2017 Indiana Youth Tour is June 9-16.

Students entering their senior year in 2017 are eligible to attend and are selected by their local cooperative to participate in the weeklong trip. Indiana will send a delegation of approximately 85 students from throughout the state. The students are selected by the local electric cooperatives to travel to Washington and convene with more than 1,600 students from up to 46 states.

“Dubois REC is pleased to provide this opportunity for our local youth,” said General Manager Don Book. “It’s a great trip and a wonderful chance to see the sights, make new friends and learn how everyone, even young people, can make a difference in the political process.”

Applications for Youth Tour are available by contacting Kyla Jones at Dubois REC, 812-482-5454 or kylaj@duboisrec.com. Applications are also available at www.duboisrec.com and are due February 10, 2017.

Students participating in the trip will visit the Gettysburg Battlefield, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian museums, tour the Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorials, take a night cruise on the Potomac River, and much more.

The Indiana Youth Tour students will also participate in a youth rally hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, during which they will share their thoughts and opinions on a variety of timely issues. The youth rally will prepare the students for a day on Capitol Hill, where they will have an opportunity to meet with Indiana’s congressional delegation.