Tipmont Trip to D.C. Open for Application

Area high school juniors are eligible to apply for the Indiana Youth Tour, an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Tipmont.

Applications are available online at tipmont.com/youthtour or by contacting Tipmont Member Service at (800) 726-3953.

This year’s trip is June 15-22.
 
Applications are due by Jan. 31. Applicants do not need to receive electric or fiber internet service from Tipmont to be eligible. Home-schooled students are also encouraged to apply. Finalists will interview with Tipmont staff, and selected students will be notified in March.
 
“This trip shows young people how our government works and how their voice matters in the political process,” said Rob Ford, Tipmont Communication Director and a Youth Tour chaperone. “Education is one of Tipmont’s seven cooperative principles, and we’re proud to support this leadership development opportunity for high school juniors.”
 
Students participating in the trip will visit the Gettysburg Battlefield, Arlington National Cemetery and the Smithsonian museums, tour the Jefferson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt memorials, and much more. 

Indiana will send a delegation of students from throughout the state. The students travel to Washington, D.C., and convene with other electric cooperative-sponsored students from up to 46 states.
 
Indiana Youth Tour students will also participate in a youth rally hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and spend a day on Capitol Hill, where they will meet with Indiana’s congressional delegation to ask questions and share their thoughts on current issues.