Over 70 outstanding high school juniors will be chosen to represent Oklahoma in Washington D.C.
Local rural electric cooperatives choose students each year to represent Oklahoma in Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. They will join more than 1,800 other students from co-ops across the nation on a week-long, ALL-EXPENSE PAID trip to tour national landmarks, meet with their congressional representatives and learn what it means to be an actively involved citizen.
Youth Tour Contest
2024-2025 Youth Tour Contest
1. Write a 500-750 word professional letter to a local elected official about an issue that is important to you.
2. Complete the Official Student Entry Form provided by the REA.
3. Submit your Essay and Entry Form to: courtney@rrvrea.com, no later than 4:00 p.m. December 31, 2024.
The top five student essays from REA’s territory will advance to the second portion of the contest. Finalists will be invited to give an oral presentation of their essay at our Youth Tour banquet on March 13, 2025 at REA’s Headquarters in Marietta.
At the banquet, judges will score the oral presentation and the top three students with the highest score will each be awarded a 7 day, all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. (June 13-19, 2025).
4th & 5th places will receive the following cash prizes:
4th – $500
5th – $400
Submit your Essay and Entry Form to:
courtney@rrvrea.com, no later than 4:00 p.m. December 31, 2024.
For more Youth Tour information visit our statewide association’s page, at OAEC
Energy Camp is a yearly weeklong summer camp designed to help cooperative youth develop leader-ship and team building skills and learn about one of rural America’s most important accomplishments — rural electrification. 8th grade campers experience electricity in a new light! Each year, more than 80 students participate in Energy Camp.
Energy Camp Contest
Students will complete a 250-500 word essay on the subject: “What Would Life Be Like Without Electricity?“
Top 6 Winners will be invited to the Energy Camp Banquet March 11, 2025 at the REA Headquarters and Energy
Camp will be held May 27-30, 2025 near Hinton, OK
Deadline to submit Essays is December 31, 2024 at 4:00 PM.
Please submit essays and entry form to courtney@rrvrea.com
For more Energy Camp information visit our statewide association’s page, at OAEC