CAMP KILOWATT

Dates: June 5–8

Camp Kilowatt is a fun and unique camp experience for sixth grade students going into seventh grade. Kids get the chance to learn more about energy while making new friends and enjoying fun activities and games. This dynamic three-day camp includes the following activities: electricity generation and transmission education, horseback riding, bucket truck rides, rock climbing, archery, alternative energy education, internet safety, zipline, live-line safety demonstration, swimming, and much, much more. Application deadline is March 1.

INDIANA YOUTH TOUR

Dates: June 16–23

Each year, Indiana’s electric cooperatives sponsor students going into their senior year of high school to go on a life-changing educational adventure to Washington, D.C.

Highlights of this eight-day trip include visits to historic monuments and museums, meetings on Capitol Hill with Indiana’s congressional delegation, the opportunity to make lifelong friends and much more. Application deadline is March 1.

COOPERATIVE CALENDAR OF STUDENT ART CONTEST

Indiana K-12 public, private or home-schooled students are invited to enter the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest for a chance to illustrate an award-winning wall calendar. Each year, 13 first-place winners and additional honorable mention winners will have their artwork featured in the calendar — and will receive cash prizes. Deadline to apply is March 29.

SCHOLARSHIPS

LaGrange County REMC annually awards three $1,000 scholarships to help area students further their education at an accredited college or trade school of their choice.

The only requirements for applying are that the student must be an actively enrolled senior, the primary residence of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must be within LaGrange County REMC’s territory and they must be members in good standing with the co-op. Scholarship applications are due March 22.

NEED MORE INFO?

Applications for all youth programs can be found at lagrangeremc.com/programs.