The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour is a group of more than 1,600 high school students from small towns and cities all over America who visit Washington, D.C., every June, year after year. They come because their electric cooperatives think education is important — education about electric cooperatives and education about America.
Montgomery Youth Tour
The 2024 Montgomery Youth Tour will be held March 13-15, with approximately 135 high school students representing 17 cooperatives from around the state participating.
Students will:
- Participate in leadership sessions on rising above negative peer pressure and the importance of teamwork.
- Attend a special dinner where they can enjoy a dance, play games, take selfies at the photo booth, and other activities.
- Tour the Alabama Department of Archives, the Alabama State House, the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the Alabama Capitol, and the Civil Rights Memorial.
- All ten JWEMC students attending the Montgomery Youth Tour will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Washington Youth Tour
The 2024 Washington Youth Tour will be June 17 – 23. Five JWEMC delegates will join 35 other students from around Alabama and nearly 1,600 other high-school students from around the country for an activity-filled week.
Application for the 2024 Joe Wheeler EMC Youth Tours.
Applications are judged by content only. Judges will not know the identity of the applicant until after applications are scored. The judge’s decisions are final. This application must be completed and submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. on December 14, 2023.
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Cornelison, JWEMC Youth Tour Coordinator, at 256-552-2300.