Washington D.C. Youth Tour

Washington Youth Tour Contest Rules
    Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc. recognizes outstanding high school student leaders in its service area by conducting an open-book quiz and interview and awarding two winners a week-long trip to Washington, D.C. each summer.

    Only high school sophomores and juniors are eligible and participants must be the son or daughter of, or have as legal guardian, a member of Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc. at the time of the tour.


    The tour will be coordinated through the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (OREC), Columbus, and will include a variety of activities aimed at educating and involving students in our country's history and governmental process.

	Rules - Local
	This contest is open to high school sophomores and juniors.
	A completed application form (available by calling the Cooperative at (1-800-521-9879) must be returned to Member Services Manager, Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc., 17 South Liberty Street, New Concord, OH 43762. Applications must be received at the Cooperative by the scheduled application deadline.
	Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc. will administer an open-book quiz at the Cooperative's office located at 17 South Liberty Street, New Concord, Ohio. (A study guide will be mailed upon receipt of application.) This quiz will be followed by a short interview with a panel of judges.

	Rules - Statewide
	All tour participants must submit a consent form signed by the participant's parent(s) and/or legal guardian(s) before being allowed to make the tour. OREC will provide the appropriate consent forms for completion by all participants.
	All tour participants must submit a health and medical authorization form, which will be supplied by OREC.
	Participating cooperatives must supply OREC with the name and address of tour winners no later than May 1 of each year.
	Members of the immediate families and/or persons residing in the households of Cooperative trustees, management personnel, and/or employees of the Cooperative are not eligible to participate in the youth tour contest and serve as winner of tour.