Each year, Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative holds an essay contest to choose four area eighth-grade students for a week-long adventure to YouthPower Energy Camp. Energy Camp, sponsored annually by the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, is an event held at Canyon Camp near Red Rock Canyon in Hinton, Oklahoma. Students are selected to participate based on their scores in an essay contest.
The top four essay winners will enjoy a week of fun-filled activities geared to sharpen their leadership skills and gain a better understanding of rural electrification. Students will have the opportunity to run a mock utility company first-hand, climb a pole, watch a co-op crew at work, and tour one of the largest generating facilities in Oklahoma.
Other activities included during the week include a trip to a nearby go cart track, volleyball tournaments, swimming, hiking, and roasting marshmallows over an evening campfire with new-found friends from every corner of the state. Here you can discover an experienced paving contractors .
The cooperative’s board of trustees strongly believes the youth of today are our cooperative’s future members and employees. They’re valuable to us. Exposing them at an early age to cooperative values will keep them interested in rural electrification as they mature into the leaders of tomorrow.
Contest Rules
Students must currently be classified as eighth grade students attending a school in Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s service area. It is not necessary for the parents/guardians of the students to be members of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Contestants are required to write a 500-word or less essay on the topic “Three Ways I Can Help My Family Save Energy…”
Although reference materials are available on this website, we encourage students to seek other sources of information, such as libraries, relatives, magazines, internet, etc.
Mail, or hand-deliver your entry form and essay on or before the deadline date to: Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Attention: Clint Branham, Youth Programs Coordinator, P.O. Box 948, Vinita, OK 74301. Forms are also accepted by email to clint.branham@noec.coop.
Qualified high school seniors could earn a $1,000 REC scholarship
Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s management and board of trustees understand full well the rising costs of education and are pleased to announce the opportunity for area graduating high school seniors to apply for the REC college scholarship.
Each year the cooperative awards four college scholarships to students from across its four-county service area. One student from each county—Craig/Rogers, Delaware, Mayes and Ottawa—is selected to receive the $1,000 REC college scholarship.
Guidelines and eligibility rules for making applications are detailed below. Contact Clint Branham at 800.256.6405 x 9340 for additional information.
Eligibility requirements
To be eligible to receive Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s academic scholarship, a student must:
Be a senior in one of the high schools in the cooperative’s service area:
Reside in a household served by Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative;
Be in the top 1/3 of their graduating class.
Guidelines
A total of four scholarships will be awarded. Each scholarship will be in the amount of $1,000 and will be non-renewable. One scholarship will be awarded to a qualifying student in each of the four counties—Craig/Rogers, Delaware, Mayes and Ottawa—in which Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative serves electric power.
The scholarship must be used at an accredited college or university. The scholarship funds will be issued directly to the college or university attended by the student.
The winner must become a full-time college student.
The winners will be asked to provide a social security number when the scholarship is sent to the college of their choice.
The Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative board of trustees will act as the scholarship committee. Items for consideration will be: academic ability, school and community involvement, letters of recommendation, and financial need. The decision of the board will be final.
Amid concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) announced its decision to cancel the 2021 Washington, D.C., Youth Tour, which was scheduled to take place June 18-24, 2021.
In lieu of the trip, Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative will award its four essay contest finalists with a $1,000 scholarship toward the college, university, or trade school or their choice.
—
It makes perfect sense. If you want to build for a solid tomorrow, you lay the foundation today.
Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative believes in that principal wholeheartedly, especially when it comes to our kids. We know that the youth in our area are the future leaders of our co-op and we want to equip them with the knowledge and resources to make a difference.
Four area eleventh-grade students can qualify for an all expense paid adventure to our nation’s capital in Washington, D.C., through the Cooperative’s Youth Tour program. Students are invited to participate in an essay contest. The Youth Tour program, sponsored annually by the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, affords students the opportunity to learn about the history of our country while at the same time visiting many historical monuments and museums in the process.
Contest Rules
Students must currently be classified as high school juniors attending a school in Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s service area. It is not necessary for the parents/guardians of the students to be members of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Contestants are required to write at least a 500-word essay on the topic “Of The Seven Cooperative Principles, My Favorite Is. . .” Selected finalists will be interviewed by the board of trustees.
Please type, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. Each page should be numbered in the top right corner.
Although reference materials are available on this website, we encourage students to seek other sources of information, such as libraries, relatives, magazines, internet, etc.
Mail, or hand-deliver your entry form and essay on or before the deadline date to: Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Attention: Clint Branham, Youth Programs Coordinator, P.O. Box 948, Vinita, OK 74301. Forms are also accepted by email to clint.branham@noec.coop. Be sure to keep a copy of your entry for your use should you be selected as a finalist.
Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s board of trustees would like to present your organization with the REC Community Service Award. The $200 award is available to each school FFA and FCCLA chapter within our service territory. This award may be presented by your organization to an individual (or individuals) for an outstanding accomplishment or it may be used to offset the expenses of your program.
After hearing from you, we will mail a check to the address you provide. If you would prefer a more personal presentation, we would be happy to have a cooperative trustee present the check at your year-end banquet or another meeting of your organization.
We are proud to support the students in our service territory in this way and we appreciate the positive influence that your organization has on our youth. For more information, contact REC Youth Programs Coordinator Clint Branham by phone at 918.256.9340 or via email at clint.branham@noec.coop.
