Youth Tour
Washington-St. Tammany Electric Coop Sponsors
Washington Youth Tour
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Application for WST Youth Tour
Two local students will have the opportunity to take part in a week
long, all expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. sponsored by Washington
St.-Tammany Electric Cooperative to attend the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) ‘Government-In Action’
Youth Tour Conference.
About 28 young people from throughout Louisiana will join more than 1,300
students from 40 states from June 8th through June 15th for a week of
sightseeing and a chance to get a firsthand look at our government functions
as part of the annual youth tour.
Before reaching Washington, the students will tour one of the Seven Wonders
of the Modern World, the Natural Bridge, in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
In Washington, the students tour the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials,
Washington Monument, Viet Nam and Korean Memorials, Arlington National
Cemetery, the Holocaust Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, Ford’s
Theatre, the White House and they also take a boat cruise down the Potomac
River. One entire day is spent on Capitol Hill touring the U.S. Capitol
and visiting the offices of the Louisiana Congressional Delegation.
WST General Manager, Walt Sylvest said, “This is a great opportunity
for two of our students to visit our nation’s capitol. WST Electric
is dedicated to the education of our children through programs such as
the youth tour, our annual scholarship program, Newspapers in Education
(NIE) and teacher mini-grants.” Sylvest also pointed out that this
year’s winners would also receive an all expense-paid trip to the
Co-op Youth Leadership Conference in Baton Rouge April 11th -13th.
The contest is open to children, ages 16-18, of WST members. Students
interested in applying will need to complete an application form and prepare
a typewritten essay of 800 words or less on “The Importance of Electricity
in Today’s World.” Please submit your essay along with an
application to: WST Electric, Attn: Bob Bateman, P.O. Box N, Franklinton,
LA 70438 by February 16, 2007. An independent board, selected by the Association
of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, will judge the essays.
For more information or to receive an application contact your school
principal or visit WST’s website at www.wste.coop.
Download
Application for WST Youth Tour
For more information on WST Youth Tour click on the link
below.
http://www.alec.coop/ytpage.html
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