CHEC Announces 2022 Youth Tour Finalists

Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative recently hosted nine finalists for the annual Youth Tour Scholarship contest. Junior class students representing schools from across the entire CHEC service territory submitted written essays as part 1 of the 2-part competition. From the numerous essays submitted, nine students were selected as finalists to participate in the interview portion of the scholarship application process.

These nine students traveled to the CHEC office in Stigler where they answered questions before a panel of judges about electric cooperatives. CHEC will award the top four placing students each with an all-expensespaid “trip of a lifetime” to Washington, D.C. and a $1,000 scholarship. Each of the other students will also receive scholarship funding for qualifying as a finalist in the competition.

“We feel blessed to be able to support these amazing junior students each year with this scholarship,” said Brad Martin, director of member/ public relations and economic development. “One of our seven cooperative principles includes Concern for Community, and this scholarship is another example of how our Board of Trustees and the employees of CHEC are committed to investing in the lives of our youth.”

To learn more about the Youth Tour scholarship program at Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, please call Brad Martin at 800-328-2368 or visit www.cooksonhills.com/youth-tour.

From left: Terrance Fitzgerald - Central Sallisaw; Sierra Wooten - Central Sallisaw; Lainey Cribbs - Gans; Hailey Pierson - Gans; Jamie Emphasis - Kinta; Jaci Walker - Muldrow; Quinn Williams - Stigler; Carley Pendergrass - Stigler; Juli Orme - General Manager. Not pictured: Luke Spradlin - Porum.