Government-in-Action Youth Tour Contest:

Each year, Kit Carson Electric sponsors the Government-in-Action Youth Tour Contest. High school juniors who reside in any of the five districts Kit Carson Electric serves have a chance to win an all expense paid trip to Washington D.C.($2200 value)

The education-study program allows our state's future leaders in government, business and communities, to join other teens from across the nation in open discussions with federal government and professional association officials regarding current events. Students will learn how a cooperatively-structured business is distinguished from other forms of business enterprises, and how co-ops impact our lives on a daily basis. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) hosts the Youth Tour activities.

The trip includes a visit to the student's Congressman's office as well as tours of historic monuments, memorials and the Smithsonian Institution. The tour group travels to Arlington National Cemetery, Washington National Cathedral and to Mount Vernon, home of George Washington. The students will witness a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.