The Washington Youth Tour provides the opportunity for young people to:
*Increase their understanding of the value of rural electrification;
*Become more familiar with the historical and political environment of the nation's capital through visits to monuments, government buildings
and cooperative organizations;
*Visit elected officials in order to increase their knowledge of how federal government works;
*Expand their understanding of cooperatives as a business model.
The Rural Electric Youth Tour is a group of more than one thousand high school students who visit Washington, D.C., every June, year after year from all over America. They come because the people who lead electric cooperatives believe education is important - education about electric cooperatives and education about America.
The 2008 Washington Youth Tour is sponsored in conjunction with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and will be held June 14-19, 2008.