Washington Youth Tour

Once a year, Flint Energies selects four high school students to represent the Co-op as delegates for the Washington Youth Tour. 

Flint Energies delegates will join hundreds of other students from across the country – all expenses paid – for an incredible week in our nation's capital. The tour is a fast-paced leadership opportunity to see what makes America tick. Flint Energies and Georgia EMC sponsor this program. Rising seniors will compete in a quiz and interview to test their co-op knowledge. Flint then selects four winners and sends them to Washington, D.C., all expenses paid. They will join winners from across Georgia and 44 states to network and learn more about our nation's capital. 

The Washington Youth Tour, sponsored nationally by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and statewide by Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (GEMC), is a jam-packed backstage pass to Washington, D.C. It offers high school students an unforgettable, life-changing leadership experience in our nation’s capital.

If you know of a student leader who is ready for new experiences, geared up to network with young alumni of the program, and willing to learn more about themselves and their community, encourage them to apply for the Washington Youth Tour!

The deadline for 2025 Youth Tour applications has passed.

2025 Washington Youth Tour: June 13-20, 2025

To qualify, you must:

• Be a high school junior who will be at least 16 years old by the tour's start day of June 13, 2025.
• Live in or attend a school in Flint Energies' service area (Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Muscogee, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Twiggs, and Upson) - homeschool is eligible.
• Have your parent's permission to enter.
• Commit to participating in the Washington Youth Tour should you win.

How to apply:

• Complete the entry info, short answers, and student commitment portion of the online application. All forms must be completed by 11:59 p.m. EST on January 24, 2025.
• Submit one recommendation letter from a teacher, counselor, school administrator or a community mentor by email to bbrown@flintemc.com by February 12, 2025.

Students who apply by the deadline will receive a study packet for the Youth Tour quiz, which will be held at the Flint Energies Member Center in Warner Robins or the Headquarters in Reynolds, depending on which location you select to test. Mark your calendar for February 12, 2025 at 4:30 p.m., as this is the only day testing will be available.

The 10 applicants scoring highest on the short answers and quiz will be invited to an interview held at a later date. Judges will select five delegates and one alternate.

Along with the week-long, all-expenses-paid leadership trip to Washington, D.C. (includes, flights, hotel stays, transportation and meals), each Flint Energies delegate will receive a $2,500 college scholarship courtesy of the Flint Energies Foundation. Delegates will receive this upon their high school graduation.*

*Delegates must attend the entire Youth Tour trip to receive the $2,500 college scholarship. If for any reason a delegate chooses to withdraw from the trip (before or during), they will forfeit the college scholarship.

For more information, contact Blair Brown at bbrown@flintemc.com.