LINDEN — Area high school juniors are eligible to apply for the Indiana Youth Tour, an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Tipmont Wintek. Applications are available online at tipmont.org/youthtour or by contacting Tipmont Member Service at 800-726-3953. This year’s trip is June 11-18.
Applications are due Jan. 31. Applicants do not need to receive service from Tipmont Wintek to be eligible. Home-schooled students are also encouraged to apply. Finalists will interview with Tipmont Wintek staff in February, with the selected students notified by the end of February.
“This trip gives young people the opportunity to see first-hand how our government works and how their voice matters in the political process,” said Rob Ford, Tipmont Wintek Communication Director and a Youth Tour chaperone. “I’m always impressed with how well our students represent our area and grow their perspectives.”
Students participating in the trip will visit the Gettysburg Battlefield, Arlington National Cemetery, and the Smithsonian museums; tour the Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorials, and much more.
Indiana will send a delegation of students from throughout the state. The students travel to Washington D.C. and convene with other electric cooperative-sponsored students from up to 46 states.
Indiana Youth Tour students will also participate in a youth rally hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and spend a day on Capitol Hill, where they will meet with Indiana’s congressional delegation to ask questions and share their thoughts on a variety of timely issues.
