{"id":32088,"date":"2016-06-06T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bbec.org\/?page_id=32088"},"modified":"2024-02-06T06:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:49:44","slug":"youth-tour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/community\/youth-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/youth-tour.png\" alt=\"Youth Tour Program\" width=\"303\" height=\"298\" \/>YOUTH TOUR APPLICATION PERIOD IS CLOSED FOR 2024<\/h3>\n<p>Big Bend Electric Cooperative (BBEC) follows the seven guiding principles of the cooperative form of business. BBEC administers a Youth Tour Program to support the cooperative principle of Education, Training, and Information.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Tour Program educates youth about<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooperative Principles<\/li>\n<li>The American Democratic System<\/li>\n<li>Rural Electrification and Electric Cooperatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each year, Youth Tour Program applicants compete to participate in this educational program. From those that apply, BBEC selects two Youth Tour Program winners who will travel to Washington DC in June to attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will also compete in Washington DC against the Youth Tour participants of other electric cooperatives in the State of Washington to be Washington\u2019s representative at the next NRECA annual meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Youth Tour Program candidates must have parent(s) or legal guardian(s) that are members of BBEC at the time of application and selection. At the time of application, the candidate must also be a high school junior.<\/p>\n<p>The application period is open annually from September 1 through approximately the first week of December. During this time, application packets are available at BBEC\u2019s Ritzville office or at the link at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p>Completed applications and essays must be received in BBEC\u2019s Ritzville office no later than <strong><del>December 4, 2023 5:30pm<\/del>. **DEADLINE EXTENDED: January 3rd, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Judging is based upon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A written essay on a topic selected by BBEC \u2014 30% weight<\/li>\n<li>Scholastic record \u2014 20% weight<\/li>\n<li>School, community, and leadership activities \u2014 25% weight<\/li>\n<li>A personal interview with the judges \u2014 25% weight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Judging is conducted by a 3-person committee of BBEC representatives. Youth Tour Program winners will be introduced at the BBEC annual meeting of members, which is held each year in either February or March.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the program, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbec.org\/your-cooperative\/contact\/\">contact BBEC<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Youth-Tour-Application-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Youth Tour Application (PDF)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUTH TOUR APPLICATION PERIOD IS CLOSED FOR 2024 Big Bend Electric Cooperative (BBEC) follows the seven guiding principles of the cooperative form of business. BBEC administers a Youth Tour Program to support the cooperative principle of Education, Training, and Information. The Youth Tour Program educates youth about Cooperative Principles The American Democratic System Rural Electrification [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":32084,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32088"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34130,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32088\/revisions\/34130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbec.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}