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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE YOUTH TOUR

Each of Arkansas’ 17 electric cooperatives select representatives for the Youth Tour. Those winners will join approximately 1,500 youth from 38 states in Washington for the National Rural Electric Youth Tour.

2024 Youth Tour Scholarship information

Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative will select outstanding high school juniors to attend Youth Tour, an all-expenses-paid educational trip to Washington, D.C., from June 15-21. Students selected to participate will have an opportunity to earn a $5,000 scholarship.


During the tour, the chaperoned group will visit historic sites such as Mount Vernon, the Smithsonian Institution, Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the U.S. Capitol. Youth Tour delegates will also visit with members of the Arkansas Congressional delegation.


SWAECC will select students based on their submitted application and an interview with the top applicants.

The 2024 Applicant deadline was March 22nd. The 2024 winners will be announced once the selections have been made.


2023 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour Winners

Adelene Westfall of Nashville High School and daughter of Jeffery and Amy Westfall and Cameron Gordon of Genoa Central High School and granddaughter of Jimmy and Linda Gordon, were selected as winners of an essay-writing contest on the topic of the “Why it isn’t Always Feasible to Replace Fossil Fuel Power Generation with Renewable Energy Power Generation.”

Adelene Westfall

Adelene Westfall

2023 Winner

Adelene Westfall of Nashville High School and daughter of Jeffery and Amy Westfall was selected as one of two winners of an essay-writing contest on the topic of the “Why it isn’t Always Feasible to Replace Fossil Fuel Power Generation with Renewable Energy Power Generation.”

Cameron Gordon

Cameron Gordon

2023 Winner

Cameron Gordon of Genoa Central High School and granddaughter of Jimmy and Linda Gordon, was selected as one of two winners of an essay-writing contest on the topic of the “Why it isn’t Always Feasible to Replace Fossil Fuel Power Generation with Renewable Energy Power Generation.”