News Release: Southside Electric Cooperative 2025 Youth Tour

Cooperative accepting applicants for 2025 Youth Tour 

High school juniors across Southside Electric Cooperative’s service area are invited to apply for next summer’s Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. 

SEC will take several students to the nation’s capital June 16-20, 2025, for a week of sightseeing, learning about electric cooperatives, visiting the halls of Congress and meeting students from across America. The Cooperative pays all the expenses for its students. 

Interested students should apply by Jan. 31, 2025. 

While in D.C., Youth Tour delegates and chaperones will tour many of Washington’s monuments and museums, visit the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery, take a dinner cruise on the Potomac, catch a Washington Nationals game and see an electric cooperative. They will spend a day on Capitol Hill, learning about the federal government and meeting members of Congress. 

Any high school junior who lives and attends school (or homeschool) in SEC’s 18-county service area can apply. Students’ parents or guardians do not have to get electricity from SEC. 

Students must fill out an application and submit an essay (written, digital presentation or video) that explains an issue the applicant is interested in that could be discussed with a legislator. Students should describe the issue, tell why they are interested in it and suggest a question they would ask a legislator about the topic.  

Applications and essays must be received by Jan. 31. Applicants will be interviewed in February. 

Find an application, complete rules and more information at sec.coop/our-community/youth-tour/. For more information, contact Joy Stump at joy.stump@sec.coop or 434-645-3219 or Mark Thomas at mark.thomas@sec.coop or 434-645-3276. 

Founded by local communities in 1937, Southside Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric distribution company with more than 59,000 active services across 18 counties in central and southern Virginia. Headquartered in Crewe, SEC has district offices in Altavista, Crewe, Dinwiddie and Powhatan. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.