Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative will again be sponsoring the Washington, D.C. Youth Tour and Cooperative Leadership Camp in Steamboat Springs, CO in 2024

Deadline to apply is February 1, 2024.

Juniors or Sophomore high school students whose parents or guardians have Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative service can apply for these once in a lifetime, all-expense paid experiences! (Junior's will be given preference). 

A panel of judges will select four students who demonstrate exemplary leadership qualities through their application questions and required essay. The top ranked students will get to choose first whether they would like to attend the tour or camp.

The City of Dighton is served by a non-cooperative utility provider. Students who live in Dighton can apply, but Lane-Scott Electric members will be given preference. 

Applications are to be submitted online using the form below.

                                       

 

What is the Cooperative Leadership Camp

July 12-18, 2024 in Steamboat Springs, CO, high school students from cooperative communities in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming come together for this week-long event. The camp engages in leadership activities to develop leadership skills, develop speaking skills, learn about democracy and the electric industry, in particular the cooperative business model.

Leadership's not the only thing you'll gain.  From team building activities, a dance, rafting on the Colorado River, touring a coal mine and exploring downtown Steamboat Springs, watching a live raptor demonstration - you'll be sure to have fun and capture memories to last a lifetime!

Guardians will be responsible for transporting students to either Oakley or WaKeeney, KS. From there, the bus will stop along the way to pick up other camp goers and continue on their journey to Colorado.

Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp Promo Video

Steamboat Springs Youth Camp

What is the Youth Tour

June 14-20, 2024 The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour provides students the opportunity to see their nation's capital up close, learn about the political process, and interact with elected officials.

Meeting in Topeka, KS, students join other Kansas students on a weeklong trip to develop leadership skills and expand their knowledge of our political system. While in Topeka, they take a look at state government touring the State Capital and meeting current state elected officials who were also once Youth Tour participants. They then visit a local electric cooperative to learn more about rural electric cooperatives through a career fair, safety demonstration, and a ride in a bucket truck.

From Topeka, students will go to the Kansas City airport to board a plane to D.C. Once in D.C., the group visits with Kansas's congressional delegation, visit historic landmarks such as the national memorial museums and monuments such as the Holocaust Museum, George Washington's Mt. Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian museums. Depending on activities available other activities have included watching a professional baseball game or watching a show at the Kennedy Center. 

Guardians will be responsible for transporing students to Topeka.

Washington, DC Youth Tour Promo Video

Washington, DC Youth Tour