Youth Tour

Experience our nation's capital first hand with your peers.

During the week of June 10-16, 2011, H-D Electric will sponsor a high school junior or senior student to go to Washington D.C., to participate in the Rural Electric Youth Tour. South Dakota's students will team up with more than 1,400 teens from around the country.

Each year, high school students learn first hand what it is like to be involved in politics, community development and today's social issues.

Past participants have described this as "a once-in-a-lifetime" experience.

The tour is funded by all the rural electric cooperatives that sponsor students in the week long event. The funding provides for each participants transportation, room and board, entertainment, and sight seeing events. Students are asked to provide their own personal spending money for items such as snacks and souvenirs.

Also included on the tour is a breakfast briefing with South Dakota's Congressional Delegation and an opportunity to job shadow in the delegation's offices.

The week long trip will be held on June 10 -16, 2011. A commercial bus will be used for transportation while in D.C.

How to Apply

To be eligible, you must be a high school junior or senior and the dependent of an H-D Electric member.

To enter the contest you must mail your application to "Washington Youth Tour Contest", H-D Electric Cooperative, PO Box 1007, Clear Lake SD 57226 or drop off the application at the Clear Lake office. The deadline to enter is March 1, 2011. All essays will remain the property of H-D Electric Cooperative. If you have questions please call Sharon at 605-874-2171.