Youth Tour
Win A Trip To Washington D.C. June 9-14, 2007.
Electric Cooperatives believe in commitment to community. For over 40 years, electric cooperatives have sponsored the annual Rural Electric Youth Tour by sending their high school juniors and seniors to Washington, DC to experience, first hand, the essence that is our republic. Witness the profound grandeur of monuments to our greatest leaders; reflect on the true cost of freedom by eyeing row upon row of white crosses at Arlington Cemetery; question your Congressmen and Senators on issues that affect you, and unlock your individual spirit. Your local electric cooperative, Traverse Electric, pays all expenses for your trip and the Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) coordinates the events. Minnesota has 44 distribution electric cooperatives and 6 generation and transmission cooperatives. The 2007 Youth Tour dates are June 9-14, 2007.
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Traverse Electric Cooperative will again sponsor two youths from our service territory. All high school juniors whose parents are members of Traverse Electric are eligible to enter the contest. Contest entrants will be required to submit at least a 200 word essay on the subject, "What is the difference between a cooperative and an investor owned utility?" Essays will be judged on the basis of originality, composition, neatness, and grammar. Deadline for submitting essays will be March 10, 2007. Winners will be announced by April 1, 2007.
As participants in the youth tour, local contest winners will be required to give a short presentation of their trip at Traverse Electric's annual meeting in March of 2008.
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