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2/28/2010

Wake Electric seeks applicants to win scholarship and Washington D.C. trip

Wake Electric seeks applicants for a $1,000 scholarship plus a one-week all expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. for the 2010 Rural Electric Youth Tour. The trip will be from June 11 - June 18. Students chosen to attend the Youth Tour will join 1,500 high school students from across the U.S. to learn about electric cooperatives, American history and the U.S. government. Students also visit the historic sights and federal facilities of the nation's capital and spend time with their congressional delegations. They also create podcasts and digital photo projects while learning about issues in renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change legislation that face their communities and the nation. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded the following year upon proof of enrollment in a college or university.
Applicants must currently be high school juniors in Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, or Wake counties. Applicants do not have to live in households served by Wake Electric.

For more information on the youth tour, visit www.youthtour.coop.
To download an application, go to http://www.wemc.com/youthtours.aspx.

The deadline to submit applications has been extended to Friday, March 19, 2010. For additional information, call Angela Perez, Communications/Public Relations Specialist, at 919.863.6376 or email angela.perez@wemc.com.

The youth tour is funded through voluntary member and employee donations to Operation Round-Up and the Wake Electric Foundation.

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