Kosciusko REMC is seeking current high school juniors, who are the dependents of KREMC members, to apply for the 2014 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. Two winning students from KREMC’s service area will have a chance to join other Indiana youth on this all-expenses paid trip of a lifetime.

Indiana’s electric cooperatives have hosted the Youth Tour since 1960, providing hundreds of young Hoosiers the opportunity to visit our nation’s capitol and learn about the federal government and the cooperative utility industry. The trip leaves from Indianapolis, on June 12 and returns from Washington, D.C., on June 19.

Students selected will meet in Indianapolis to get acquainted and learn about the Indiana legislative process. They will tour the Gettysburg National Battlefield then travel to Washington, D.C.  for a full schedule of sight-seeing, visits to the national memorials, a collection of museums, and a night cruise on the Potomac River.

Students will also participate in a “Youth Tour Rally,” where they will hear from Olympic Gold Medalist Mike Schlappi then travel to Capitol Hill and visit with representatives from Indiana’s Congressional delegation.  More information about the trip is also available at www.youthtour.coop.

Applications for the 2014 Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. trip are available at the KREMC office or can be downloaded from www.kremc.com. Completed applications must be returned to KREMC by Feb. 26. To be eligible, applicants must be current juniors and dependents of KREMC members or employees.