First Electric sponsors local high school juniors on Youth Tour
JACKSONVILLE — First Electric Cooperative is sponsoring three high school juniors on the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, a webbased educational opportunity in June that allows participants to engage with state and federal elected officials and to learn about the cooperative business model as well as the importance of public service.
One of this year’s participants representing First Electric is from the River Valley & Ozark Edition coverage area: Evan Cates of Perryville, a student at Perryville High School.
Youth Tour is traditionally an educational trip to Washington, D.C., but the trip was canceled as a result of the pandemic. The tour will be conducted via Zoom with daily video sessions on June 18-25.
The participants each won a laptop computer and are eligible to win a $5,000 scholarship from the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.
Participants were selected based on information provided in an application, as well as an interview. More information on the program is available at www.firstelectric.coop/youth-tour.
First Electric Cooperative serves more than 97,000 active accounts throughout 18 counties in central and southeast Arkansas. The cooper at ive’ s headquarters is in Jacksonville, with full-service offices in Heber Springs and Perryville. For more information, call (800) 489-7405, or visit www.firstelectric.coop or www.facebook.com/FirstElectric.