FEC seeks applicants for Youth Tour

Each year, Flathead Electric Cooperative partners with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to send two to three area youth to Washington, D.C. for the “Youth Tour.” Applications are open now through Nov. 15.

Electric cooperatives across the country send about 1,500 high-school students to Youth Tour to learn about the history of this country and the role electric cooperatives played in that history. Students tour many national treasures in D.C. and have the chance to meet with their congressional delegation. 

Using unclaimed capital credits, Flathead Electric Co-op funds two to three “all-expense paid” trips for high school sophomores or juniors from schools in the Co-op’s service territory. The student’s parent or guardian must be served by the Co-op.

Here is what you need to know for this year’s Youth Tour:

Applicants must be regularly enrolled or homeschooled high school sophomores or juniors from schools within the Co-op’s service territory: Bigfork High School, Columbia Falls High School, Flathead High School, Glacier High School, Libby High School, Stillwater Christian School and Whitefish High School.

Applications to join the 2022 Youth Tour are open from Oct. 1 until Nov. 15.

Youth Tour Orientation will take place June 16, 2023 in Great Falls.

Winners will leave for Washington D.C. on June 17, 2023, and return to Great Falls on June 23, 2023.

To learn more, please visit flatheadelectric.com/youthtour