Youth Programs

Youth Programs provide students with opportunities to learn, grow, and develop leadership skills. 

These programs are designed to educate young students about the cooperative model and the importance of community involvement.

Participants can take part in activities such as leadership camps, educational tours, and scholarship opportunities.

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Electric Cooperative Youth Tour

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This trip is unlike any other. If selected, your local electric cooperative will send you on an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., with 40 other Kansas high school youth. So pack your sunscreen and walking shoes, and get ready to build memories that will last a lifetime. 

Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp

A chance to learn unlike any other. If selected, your local electric cooperative will send you on an all-expenses paid trip to a rustic Colorado mountain camp with 100 other high school youth from four states. So pack your bug spray and hiking shoes, and get ready to build memories that will last a lifetime. 

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Program Purpose

The purpose of our youth programs are to inspire and build our community youth into engaged leaders now and into the future.

Our youth participants experience leadership through meaningful connections with fellow youth and adult leaders. Whether attending Electric Cooperative Youth Tour or Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp, youth will create experiences that will last a lifetime.

Scholarship Opportunities

Following the application and interview process, both students chosen to participate in our youth programs will receive a $500 scholarship to apply to their ongoing education.

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Apply Today!

Do you know a high school sophomore or junior whose parents or guardian(s) reside on Rolling Hills Electric line? If so, we encourage sophomores and juniors to apply now for the Cooperative Youth Tour in Washington D.C. in June or the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in July. In addition to the all-expenses paid trip, the selected youths will receive a $500 scholarship upon completion of their trip and high school graduation.

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Electric Cooperative Youth Tour 

Youth Tour
  • US Capitol
  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Washington Monument
  • Smithsonian Museums
  • White House
  • Mt. Vernon
  • Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • US Marine Corp Memorial
  • Vietnam Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Korean Memorial
  • WWII Memorial
  • Pentagon Memorial
  • Air Force Memorial
  • Eisenhower Memorial
  • Japanese American War Memorial
  • FDR Memorial
  • Jefferson Memorial
  • National Harbor
  • National Archives
  • Planet Word Museum
  • Washington Nationals Baseball Park
  • Cruise on the Potomac River
  • Youth Program with student leaders from 44 states

Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp

  • Feel the breeze at iFly
  • Participate in Leadership Presentations and Activities
  • Form a Candy Cooperative
  • Run for Leadership Positions
  • Travel to the top of Mt. Werner
  • Attend high-voltage safety demonstration
  • Play in a volleyball tournament
  • Raft the Colorado River
  • Show your moves at the camp dance
  • Learn about raptors in a live presentation
  • Participate in the camp talent show
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