Today is Wednesday February 8, 2012

Youth to Washington Tour

Applications now being accepted for 2012!

The Indiana delegation will meet in Indianapolis on Wednesday, June 13 to get acquainted and hear from Indiana legislative leaders during a kick-off dinner featuring Senator Dan Coats and Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma. Before departing heating east, students will visit the Hoosier Training Center in Franklin, Indiana where they will participate in hands-on learning sessions simulating an electric lineman's job, observe a pole-top rescue, learn about electric safety during a live wire demonstration presented by Kankakee Valley REMC, and much more.

New for this year, students and chaperones will make a stop at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, PA on their way to Gettysburg where they will visit the battlefield and museum. The caravan will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Saturday afternoon to begin a full schedule of sight-seeing, visits to the National Memorials (including the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial), a collection of museums, such as the Newseum and the National Archives, plus a night cruise on the Potomac River and a trip back in history at Medieval Times. Students will also have an opportunity to compete for a $1000 scholarship and the Youth Leadership Council.

Trip applicants must:

1. Be a resident family member of a UDWI REMC consumer.

2. Have completed his/her junior year in high school and be enrolled as a high school senior at the time of the trip.

3. Have completed an application form from the REMC office.

4. Have written an essay of less than 150 words, discussing the benefits of an electric cooperative.

5. Have submitted a copy of his/her high school transcript with the application.

YTour AP 2012.pdf

Congratulations to our 2011 Youth Tour Recipients!

1. Cain Caudell, Bedford North Lawrence
2. Candace Faulkner, Lighthouse Christian Academy
3. Kyle Smith, Bloomfield Jr./Sr. High