Youth tour scholarship

CVEC launches 6th year of Youth Tour!

Youth Tour is a week-long, all-expense-paid trip to Washington D.C. Two high school juniors from CVEC’s service area will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. as winners of the Youth Tour Contest.

The students will spend the week touring the museums and visiting all of the historical monuments. In addition to visiting the museums and monuments, the Oklahoma winners have the opportunity to tour Mount Vernon, The U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, Ford’s Theatre, The White House, and also spend time with winners from other states at NRECA’s Youth Day.

2022 Washington D.C. Youth Tour Contest Rules: Students must currently be classified as high school juniors attending any school (public, private, or home) in CVEC’s service area. It is not necessary that the student’s parent(s) or guardian(s) be members of Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative.

1.    Contestants will be required to submit an application that includes a short essay of approximately 250 words in length. This year’s subject is: “What day in history would you relive and why?”

2.    Essays must be typed and double spaced

3.    Deadline for all entries is 5pm, Friday, February 25th, 2022.

4.    Finalists will be selected for a brief interview on Thursday, March 24th, 2022. Judges will award the Washington D.C. trip to the 2 highest scoring finalists. Two alternates will be selected and the runners-up win a small consolation prize.

5.    Decisions of the judges are final. Dates for the 2022 Youth Tour are June 17-23, 2022.