If you’re a high school junior who attends school in Central Rural Electric Cooperative’s service area, has big dreams of seeing our nation’s capital and is excited to meet new people from across Oklahoma, then Youth Tour is right for you!  

Candidates will compete for a chance to visit Washington, D.C. for a week-long, all-expense-paid trip sponsored by Central. 

Youth Tour is a two-part competition open to high school juniors where students participate by writing an essay, developing a résumé and submitting an application. The top five contestants will be invited to interview on a Zoom call in front of a panel of judges.

 The overall top two winners will win a $1,000 scholarship and a one-week, trip to Washington, D.C. with other Youth Tour winners from electric cooperatives across the nation. Winners will meet members of Congress, visit monuments, historical sights and Smithsonian museums. 

The three runner-up applicants will not leave empty-handed, they will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. 

Submissions, rules and guidelines are available at mycentral.coop/youthtour. The deadline for entry is 5 p.m. on February 2, 2024.