Dubois REC to Sponsor Students For Two Trips in 2020

BY: MATT CRANE / DUBOIS COUNTY FREE PRESS 

DUBOIS COUNTY -- The Dubois Rural Electric Cooperative will sponsor area students for two trips in 2020.

Dubois Rural Electric Cooperative will sponsor four students at the annual Touchstone Energy Camp. The camp will be held June 3-6, 2020, at Camp Tecumseh in Brookston, Indiana. 

Students entering seventh grade in 2020 are eligible to attend and are selected by their local cooperative to participate in the three-day program. The students’ agenda combines traditional outdoor camp activities with environmental education, electrical safety practices and cooperative business education.

“This is a great way for students to learn about the role of the electric cooperative in their community. On top of that, they get to experience all the fun of camp,” said Joe Henson, CEO and General Manager of Dubois REC.

Apply online for Touchstone Energy Camp by visiting TouchstoneEnergyCamp.org or by going online to www.duboisrec.com. Applications are due February 14, 2020. 

The Touchstone Energy Camp program was developed by a committee of electric cooperative employees from Indiana. The camp is funded in part by Indiana’s electric cooperatives, Hoosier Energy, Wabash Valley Power, Indiana Electric Cooperatives and other industry partners.

Dubois Rural Electric Cooperative will sponsor two students on the annual Indiana Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The 2020 Indiana Youth Tour is June 18-25.

Students entering their senior year in 2020 are eligible to attend and are selected by their local cooperative to participate in the weeklong trip. Indiana will send a delegation of approximately 100 students from throughout the state. The students travel to Washington and convene with
more than 1,800 students from up to 46 states.

“Dubois REC is pleased to provide this opportunity for our local youth,” CEO Joe Henson said. “It’s a great trip and a wonderful chance to see the sites, make new friends and learn how everyone, even young people, can make a difference in the political process.”

Applications for Youth Tour are now available by going online to www.duboisrec.com.

Applications are due February 14, 2020.

Students participating in the trip will visit the Gettysburg Battlefield, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian museums, tour the Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorials, take a night cruise on the Potomac River, and much more.

The Indiana Youth Tour students will also participate in a youth rally hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and spend a day on Capitol Hill, where they will have an opportunity to meet with Indiana’s congressional delegation to ask questions and share their
thoughts on a variety of timely issues.

For more information about the 2020 Indiana Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., contact Kyla Jones at 812-482-5454.