507-847-3520 or 800-321-3520
Fax: 507-728-8366
77100 US Highway 71
PO Box 69
Jackson, MN 56143-0069
info@federatedrea.coop

Youth Tour

Click here for 2012 Youth Tour Brochure...

Click here for a 2012 Youth Tour Application...

Local teenagers can experience firsthand the pride of being an American by winning a free trip to Washington, D.C. June 16-21. Federated Rural Electric, Jackson, will select the winner of this trip through its annual Youth Tour Contest.

High school freshmen, sophomores or juniors attending a high school in Federated's service area can enter. Pick up an application from the school counselor or contact Federated (info@federatedrea.coop or call 1-800-321-3520). The student writes a 300-word essay on an energy-related topic, which is due with the application by February 1. The first 10 students to enter receive $20 gift certificates to Amazon.com.

Five finalists are selected for short interviews March 30. The combined scores from the essay, interview and application determine the trip winner, along with second and third place who receive $150 and $100, respectively.

The winner will travel with 75 other Minnesota teens sponsored by other rural electric co-ops. Federated's delegate is one of 1,200 delegates nationally. Here's a few tour highlights from last year:

Tour the monuments: Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean Veterans Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, etc…

Tour historic sights: Washington National Cathedral, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Museums, Holocaust Memorial Museum, FBI Headquarters Tour, Mount Vernon, etc...

Attend special events: Moonlight cruise & dance on the Potomac River, U.S. Army Precision Drill Team, all-states dinner & dance, etc…

Interact with: 1,200 teenagers from across the U.S. sponsored by rural electric co-ops, meet with your Members of Congress and make new friends.

Go places: Interview to be the Minnesota representative on the Youth Leadership Council. If selected, you will travel to D.C. again for the 2006 Youth Tour, to the 2006 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's Convention and a leadership training seminar in Washington, D.C.