Youth Tour

High school juniors are eligible for youth leadership training opportunities!

All-expenses-paid leadership trips to Washington, D.C., and Steamboat Springs, Colorado, are available for high school juniors whose parents or guardians are members of Western Cooperative Electric.

The top four students will have the opportunity to attend Youth Tour or Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp.

Contestants must complete the application by Jan. 7, 2026.

Upon receipt of the application, contestants will be mailed an entry packet.

Finalists are scored and selected based on a short video essay, an open-book quiz, and potentially a remote interview. The student with the top scores gets the first selection of trips.

Interviews will be conducted if needed before February.

Two students will have the opportunity to attend the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp in Steamboat Spring, Colorado, and two students will win an opportunity to tour the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C.

Here is the Photo Permission Form that will need to be submitted - Individual Photo Permission

If you photo is taken from a photographer - this also needs to be signed and submitted by your photographer - Professional Photo Permission 

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