DON'T MISS OUT - YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES 2023

Indiana Youth Tour

Indiana Youth Tour provides young Hoosiers the opportunity to visit the nation's capital, experience American history, learn more about government and gain a better understanding about their electric cooperative. e 2023 Indiana Youth Tour is June 11-18.

is week-long trip to Washington D.C. is available to high school juniors. RushShelby Energy will sponsor four students living in our service territory. Chosen students will have the opportunity to travel from Gettysburg to Washington D.C. as they learn about our government and cooperatives. Applications will be accepted online through March 1, 2023.

Camp Kilowatt

RushShelby Energy will sponsor ten students at the annual Camp Kilowatt. e camp will be held June 7-10, 2023, at Camp Tecumseh in Brookston, Indiana.

Students entering seventh grade in 2023 are eligible to attend the fourday camp. e students' agenda combines traditional outdoor camp activities with environmental education, electrical safety practices and cooperative business education.

Camp Kilowatt was developed by a committee of electric cooperative employees from Indiana. e camp is funded in part by Indiana's electric cooperatives, Hoosier Energy, Wabash Valley Power Alliance, Indiana Electric Cooperatives and other industry partners. Applications will be accepted online through March 1, 2023.

Student Art Calendar Contest

Indiana's electric cooperatives and their statewide magazine, Indiana Connection, invite Indiana K-12 students to enter the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest.

A rst-place artist will be selected for each grade, K-12, and will receive $200. e artwork for each grade level winner will illustrate either the cover or one of the 12 months of the calendar. Additional artists will earn honorable mention awards and will receive $75.

Artwork will be judged on merit, originality, creativity and its suitability for a wall calendar. Indiana public, private or home-schooled students in K-12 during the 2022-23 school year are eligible.

For more information visit indianaconnection.org/for-youth/artcontest. Deadline to apply is March 24, 2023.