Indiana’s electric cooperatives, along with Electric Consumer and our statewide association, offer several programs benefitting the youth of our state.
Those youth programs include the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest, Youth Power and Hope Awards, Page Day, Touchstone Energy Camp, and Youth Tour.
Electric Consumer also features special activities each month in our magazine geared toward our younger readers through our PowerKids page. Check out some of the projects here.
What you need: Light blue or white pipe cleaners Scissors Glass jar Pencil Boiling water Borax What to do: Twist pipe cleaners together to form a snowflake. We made a very simple shape, but encourage older children to create a more complicated design. Wrap a pencil perpendicular to one of the extending pipe cleaners. Trim all pipe… Continue reading.
The 11th edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created during the 2007-08 school year. The contest was judged in spring 2008. Almost 3,300 pieces of art were submitted for the contest. The Best of Show was 10th Grade/October winner Kenny Martin. GO TO CALENDAR OF STUDENT ART 2008 Go to Calendar of… Continue reading.
The 10th edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created during the 2006-07 school year. The contest was judged in spring 2007. Over 3,200 pieces of art were submitted for the contest. The Best of Show was 10th Grade/October winner Evelyn Walker. GO TO CALENDAR OF STUDENT ART 2007 Go to Calendar of… Continue reading.
The ninth edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created during the 2005-06 school year. The contest was judged in spring 2006. Over 4,200 pieces of art were submitted for the contest. The Best of Show was 11th Grade/November winner Rachel Crisp. GO TO CALENDAR OF STUDENT ART 2006 Go to Calendar of… Continue reading.
The eighth edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created during the 2004-05 school year. The contest was judged in spring 2005. Over 3,500 pieces of art were submitted for the contest. The Best of Show was 11th Grade/November winner Ali Smith, of Plymouth, Ind. GO TO CALENDAR OF STUDENT ART 2005 Go… Continue reading.
The seventh edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the spring of the 2003-04 school year. The contest was judged in spring 2004. Over 4,050 pieces of art were submitted for the contest. The Best of Show was 6th Grade/June winner Lydia Umlauf, of rural Rensselaer. GO TO CALENDAR OF… Continue reading.
The sixth edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the spring of the 2002-03 school year. The contest was judged in March of 2003. The Best of Show was 6th Grade/June winner Marushka Grogan of Indianapolis, Ind. The contest brought in almost 5,750 entries. GO TO CALENDAR OF STUDENT… Continue reading.
The fifth edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the spring of the 2001-02 school year. The contest was judged in March of 2002. The Best of Show was 11th Grade/November winner Zachary S. Fluhr of Martinsville, Ind. The contest brought in almost 7,450 entries. GO TO CALENDAR OF STUDENT… Continue reading.
The fourth edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the spring of the 2000-01 school year. The contest was judged in March of 2001. With this contest, the deadline was moved from the fall to the spring to provide more time to design, produce, print and distribute the calendar. Calendars… Continue reading.
The third edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the fall of the 2000-01 school year. The contest was judged in October of 2000. Calendars were quickly put together and distributed in December 2000 by participating electric cooperatives in Indiana. The Best of Show was 12th Grade/December winner Joy Hammond… Continue reading.
The second edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the fall of the 1999-2000 school year. The contest was judged in October of 1999. Calendars were quickly put together and distributed in December 1999 by participating electric cooperatives in Indiana. The Best of Show was 12th Grade/December winner Emily Jackson… Continue reading.
The first edition of the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art featured artwork created in the fall of the 1998-99 school year. The contest was judged in October of 1998. Calendars were quickly put together and distributed in December 1998 by participating electric cooperatives in Indiana. The Best of Show was 11th Grade/November winner Jacob Sauer… Continue reading.
What you need: Three green pipe cleaners One pair of scissors Assorted beads (We used 16 green and 12 white beads!) Three green pipe cleaners One pair of scissors Assorted beads (We used 16 green and 12 white beads!) What to do: Cut two pipe cleaners in half, so you have four pieces. String beads… Continue reading.
