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For High School Juniors

2026 Youth Tour participants
Kira Widener and Walker McAnich

The annual Oklahoma Youth Tour trip is a once-in-a-lifetime, all-expenses-paid leadership opportunity available exclusively to high school juniors (seniors-to-be) who attend schools located in co-op service areas. Homeschool students are also encouraged to apply.

Two students will be chosen to represent Kay Electric Cooperative in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Youth Tour, bringing together more than 1,800 high school students from around the country.

Spend a week visiting historical sites, making new friends, and enjoying once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to meet with Oklahoma’s political representatives. Learn firsthand about our local and national government and how electric cooperatives across America are affected by today’s political decisions.

Youth Tour takes place June 17 to 23, 2027.

Selection Process

To apply, students will fill out an application and submit it to Kay Electric Cooperative. The selection process begins with a review of applications and ends with face-to-face interviews for finalists by judges on the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2027, before Kay Electric Cooperative’s Annual Youth Banquet.

Third and fourth place winners will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, for Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp from July 9 to 15, 2027. Fifth through eighth place winners will receive cash prizes. Winners will be announced at the banquet after interviews.

*Students must be available for both trips, the interview and banquet to enter. Youth Tour winners must attend Oklahoma Youth Tour Orientation from April 21 to 22, 2027 at Oklahoma’s Electric Cooperative Headquarters in Oklahoma City. Finalists will be notified by mail and email*.

Applications

Applications can be submitted in 3 different ways:

  • Apply online through the link below
  • By downloading the application and sending via email
  • By Mail to: Kay Electric Cooperative, C/O Youth Programs, PO Box 607, Blackwell, OK 74631

Due Date

Applications for Youth Tour 2027 are due December 11, 2026 at 5 p.m.

Youth Tour Brochure (PDF) Youth Tour Application Form

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Questions? Call KEC at (580) 363-1260 or send an email.