Three Rivers Electric Cooperative participates in the Rural Electric Youth Tour, an essay contest for high school juniors. Six TREC delegates are awarded a week-long, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. where they learn more about government and visit the Capitol and the country's many great monuments.
Students should write an essay between 500 and 750 words on the prompt: "It's 2025, from your perspective as a junior in high school, what do you believe America's greatest challenge(s) will be in the next 10 years and what would your solutions be?"
Each essay is judged by three personnel from neighboring cooperatives. The students with the top 12 scores will compete in the final judging where they will take a quiz on cooperative knowledge and read their essay before a panel of judges. Based on their final scores at the Youth Tour competition, six students will be selected to attend the 2025 Youth Tour trip. The remaining six finalists will each receive a $200 gift card.
More Youth Tour Links
To learn more about the Youth Tour you may want to visit one of the following cooperative links:
Missouri Youth Tour | Facebook
Youth Tour | Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives
TREC’s Youth Tour delegation for 2024 included: Kelly Angerer, Chaperone; Sienna Heckemeyer, St. Elizabeth High School; Alexis Kramer, Belle High School; Ben Luebbert, Fatima High School; Anna Rakestraw, Fatima High School; Lily Gregory, Fatima High School; and Maria Brown, Russellville High School.