We’re sending THREE students from the Big Country to be part of Youth Tour history in June 2024!
Please encourage your sophomore, junior and senior students to participate in this awesome opportunity! Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. January 25, 2024, and videos must be uploaded by 8:00 p.m. February 1, 2024. Big Country EC will announce winners by February 15, 2024.
Youth Tour has been a Texas electric co-op tradition since 1965, when co-ops – inspired by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson who encouraged youths to go to Washington to see their American heritage and government at work, “what the flag stands for and represents” – began sponsoring teens on this trip. Educating and mentoring young people fit in with co-ops’ mission to support the communities they serve. Since the 1960s, more than 4,000 Texans and 50,000 young Americans have taken advantage of this special opportunity offered by their electric cooperatives.
We have had MNAY Stamford Students participate in this trip in the past several years & now YOU have the opportunity to Join the Tour in ’24! Click the button below to apply!
Big Country EC will also donate a grant of $500 to the school that has the most students submit videos.
In addition to the Youth Tour, scholarship opportunities are available through Big Country EC and affiliates:
- Big Country EC Academic Scholarship – Two $4,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors whose parent(s)/guardian(s) are members of Big Country EC. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
- Directors Memorial Scholarship, Golden Spread Electric Cooperative – $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to selected recipients who are 1) entering freshmen college or university students and 2) child or spouse of a Big Country EC member. Deadline: March 1, 2024.
- Texas Rural Electric Women’s Association (TREWA) Scholarship – Twenty (20) TREWA scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded to CURRENT TREWA members and their children. If you are not currently a TREWA member, you may submit the membership application, membership fee, and scholarship application at once. Applicant or applicant’s parent or guardian must also be a current member or an employee of a Texas electric cooperative such as Big Country EC. Scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors, full-time college students or adults who have been accepted as a full-time student to attend any accredited college, university, junior college, community college, trade/technical or business school of their choice. Deadline: March 15, 2024.
- For full details and applications, visit bigcountry.coop and click on Service Beyond Electricity, then Scholarships or Youth Tour. Please contact Sarah McLen at (325) 776-3803 or smclen@bigcountry.coop with questions.