Are you a high school student interested in spending a week in Washington, D.C., learning about government, U.S. history, and the cooperative business model, while building your leadership skills and making new friends from across the state and nation? If so, we invite you to apply for the 2027 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour! Haywood EMC is currently accepting applications from local students to attend the week-long trip in June 2027.
The Youth Tour gives high school students the opportunity to experience D.C. and learn how they can make a difference as young adults. Tourists will pay their respects at historic monuments and memorials, meet with North Carolina's members of Congress on Capitol Hill, and tour a variety of Smithsonian museums, all while building a peer network with young leaders from across the country.
Haywood EMC will sponsor two local students to join NC's delegation on the 2027 trip. Electric cooperatives nationwide host the all-expenses-paid tour, a tradition that has been more than 50 years strong. About 1,800 students from more than 40 states are expected to participate in 2027, with NC sending approximately 45 students to represent our state's electric cooperatives.
Apply on our website at www.haywoodemc.com/community/youth-programs/nc-youth-tour/.