Youth Tour

Each fall, Callaway Electric Cooperative sponsors a contest for high school juniors living in or attending school in the Cooperative's service area. Participants are asked to write an essay on a topic chosen by the Cooperative, and in turn they have a chance to win one of three all expense paid, week long trips to Washington, D.C.

The trips are sponsored by Callaway Electric and put together by the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The three winners from Callaway Electric join approximately 80 other high school juniors from across Missouri. Our Missouri group tours the nation's capitol during the same week as 1500 other high school juniors from electric cooperatives across the country.

The Youth Tour is a wonderful opportunity, first thought of by the then Senator Lyndon Johnson in the late 1950s. Callaway Electric has participated in the program as far back as 1966. If you are a high school junior or know one who might be interested in the 2012 contest, just email us with the participant name, mailing address, and school. We will then mail a packet with the contest details and research information. You won't want to miss an opportunity for what many consider 'the trip of a lifetime'.

You can also download a brochure with preliminary details of the 2012 contest, and visit YouTube to see some of the 2011 delegates as they recollect their trip to D.C.