Experience the Wonder of Washington, D.C.

For over 50 years, VVEC has sent high school students from across our service territory on a week-long, all-expense-paid visit to the nation’s capitol as VVEC’s delegates to the Washington Youth Tour.

Students on Youth Tour learn about electric cooperatives, experience American history and witness our government in action. They participate in National Youth Day, visit with members of our Congressional Delegation, and tour many famous Washington D.C. sites such as the U.S. Capitol, Arlington Cemetery, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Washington Monuments, Smithsonian Institution, and the Pentagon, along with taking a cruise on the Potomac River.

VVEC’s Youth Tour delegates travel with delegates from other Oklahoma electric cooperatives, chaperones and Youth Tour coordinators. They also get to interact with students from across the nation. Friendships made on Youth Tour are memorable, enjoyable, and some of the most rewarding aspects of the trip.

Objectives of Youth Tour are:

• Educate students about the role of electric cooperatives in the national economy.

• Foster students’ appreciation of the democratic form of government.

• Expose students to the sights and sounds of our nation’s heritage.

• Build students’ leadership skills so they may make a difference in their communities.

Youth Tour delegates come away from the once-in-a-lifetime trip with a greater understanding of what it means to be an American, and of the responsibility and privilege of American citizenship.

To compete, students must be a junior this year, single, and attending high school in VVEC’s service territory. The student’s parents do not have to be members of VVEC.

To view and download the Youth Tour Information Packet, including the essay topic and entry form, select one of the following:

For more information on VVEC’s Washington Youth Tour, contact program coordinators Misti Frazier at mfrazier@vvec.com, or Suzy McClain at smcclain@vvec.com, or call (918) 371-2584 for more information.