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EACH JUNE, ECI REC SPONSORS TWO HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS ON THIS ALL-EXPENSES- PAID TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. For over 50 years, electric cooperatives have sponsored high school students from across America on a visit to the nation's capital during the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. A joint effort of local electric co-ops such as ECI REC, the Association of Electric Cooperatives (IAEC), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Youth Tour sends around 30 Iowa students on this experience annually. Iowa students join around 1,500 others from around the country for a week of visiting historical sites, meeting facebook.com/eastcentraliowarec congressional leaders, and learning about East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative American history and government. is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

CS-0034 8-20-19 Kaylee Kleitsch and Jacob A STUDENT MUST BE A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND Ludeking were sponsored MUST HAVE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS WHO by ECI REC in 2019. They ARE MEMBERS OF ECI REC. participated in leadership training, engaged in conver- sations with elected officials, Connor Roth of Luzerne, sponsored jumpstarted their national by ECI REC, served on the YLC for the peer network, learned about 2010-11 term. “Being part of NRE- electric cooperatives, and CA’s Annual Meeting was an amazing toured Washington, D.C. experience,” Roth said. “I learned so much about the energy industry and Applications for this leadership development how public policy affects it. I also met opportunity are taken starting each November, people from all across the country. It 2019 Jacob Ludeking, Benton Community HS, with the deadline in February of the following year. was an amazing experience.” and Kaylee Kleitsch, Wapsie Valley HS Applications, questionnaires, and essay topics will be available at ecirec.coop, from high school guidance 2018 Sarah Collison, East Buchanan HS, and Brock Ortner, Vinton-Shellsburg HS counselors, or by emailing [email protected]. Another opportunity for high school juniors to win 2017 Macy Arbuckle, Homeschool, an expenses-paid trip on the Youth Tour is the and Cade Shramek, Prairie HS The Youth Tour introduces students to influential Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives’ Living 2016 Jamie Thompson, Vinton-Shellsburg HS, policymakers and takes them to visit key landmarks With Energy in Iowa magazine essay contest. This and Kirstie Martin, Independence HS in and around Washington, D.C. Previous Youth Tour contest is open to current juniors whose parents participants have met Sens. and Joni or guardians are members of ECI REC or any of the 2015 Bristian Gerber, Vinton-Shellsburg HS, and Zachary Fischels, Independence HS Ernst, as well as Reps. , Rod Blum, Abby other 33 IAEC member cooperatives. IAEC essay contest winner – Morgan Weber, Jesup HS Finkenauer, , , and David Young. The senators and representatives answered 2014 Olivia Oltrogge, Vinton-Shellsburg HS, questions and offered valuable insight on taxes, Social The Youth Leadership Council (YLC) is an and Caitlin Kruckenberg, Vinton-Shellsburg HS Security, the economy, the environment, energy, and extension of the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. 2013 Ben Hyland, Vinton-Shellsburg HS, internships in Washington, D.C. Every year, one Youth Tour participant is selected and Rachel Wheelock, Independence HS Past tours have included visits to the from each participating state to make up the YLC. Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson YLC representatives are announced each 2012 Dalton Schmit, Jesup HS, and Parker Oltrogge, Vinton-Shellsburg HS Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, year on the Youth Tour. In July, they return for Arlington National Cemetery, World War II Memorial, a week-long summer leadership conference in 2011 Dustin Toale, Independence HS, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C., covering topics such as the and Logan Halverson, Independence HS Iwo Jima Monument, National Archives, Smithsonian cooperative business model, grassroots advocacy, 2010 Connor Roth, Belle Plaine HS, Air and Space Museum, U.S. Holocaust Memorial community service, and careers in public service. and Nicole Thompson, Vinton-Shellsburg HS Museum, Museum of Art, Museum of American The following year during the NRECA’s Annual History, Museum of Natural History, Madame Meeting, the YLC participates in educational 2009 Lindsay Kelty, Center Point-Urbana HS, and Cally Bengston, Jesup HS Tussaud’s Wax Museum, Washington National forums and becomes familiar with national issues Cathedral, Mount Vernon, , affecting electric cooperatives and the consumers 2008 Carly Kelty, Center Point-Urbana HS, Supreme Court, Capitol Hill, and the White House. they serve. and Michelle Hunter, Independence HS