Cuivre River Electric Cooperative is proud to announce its 2021 Youth Tour winners.
The six top-scoring students, selected as Youth Tour delegates, will each receive a $1,000 college scholarship and laptop. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer’s trip to Washington, D.C., has been canceled. The six delegates will be invited to this year’s Youth Tour conference scheduled for June 16-18 with a hybrid in-person and virtual experience due to the pandemic (two of the days will be spent at CREC’s office and the other day will be spent in Jefferson City).
The winners of the 2021 Youth Tour competition are:
- Taylor Shay-Jakul, Liberty High School
- Jaden Zelidon, Liberty High School
- Sanjana Anand, Liberty High School
- Amanda Yoder, Liberty High School
- Ella Smith, Warrenton High School
- Natalie Benton, Fort Zumwalt East High School
Twelve finalists were announced in March. Normally, a finals banquet and competition are held each year where finalists present their essays orally. However, due to the coronavirus situation, the banquet has been canceled and we will have our three finals judges read each of the essays remotely. The scores from the preliminary and finals competition will be combined to determine whether you are selected as a Youth Tour delegate or scholarship recipient.
The other six finalists will each receive a $500 scholarship. They are:
- Mikenna Collins, Warrenton High School
- Elizabeth Hamby, Liberty High School
- Jackson Martin, Liberty High School
- Sarah Dickson, Liberty High School
- Kelsey Looney, Liberty High School
- Rhiannon Meyer, Liberty Christian Academy
The annual Youth Tour contest is open to students who live and attend school in Cuivre River Electric’s general service area, or who have CREC service in their homes. For more information about the Youth Tour program, contact Tim Schmidt at 800-392-3709, ext. 4837 or by email at tschmidt@cuivre.com.