Growing our youth

The coop­er­a­tives oper­ate accord­ing to a core set of prin­ci­ples. Exem­pli­fy­ing these sev­en val­ues, along with invest­ing in our youth, are just a cou­ple of the many things that sep­a­rate us from oth­er elec­tric util­i­ties.

We have had some excit­ing activ­i­ties hap­pen­ing with our youth. In March, we select­ed our rep­re­sen­ta­tives for the Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour. We are so proud to have such bright stu­dents be part of our co-op. In June, these two stu­dents had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it our nation’s cap­i­tal to learn more about our coun­try’s his­to­ry, gov­ern­ment and the coop­er­a­tives. In March, we also host­ed our sec­ond Elec­tri­cal Safe­ty Mag­ic Show for sev­er­al ele­men­tary schools in our com­mu­ni­ty, and in April we held a Gear Up for safe­ty col­or­ing con­test for our youngest mem­bers, 12 years and under.

In May, we were pleased to be able to award our annu­al Floyd D. John­son Tech­nol­o­gy Cen­ter School-to-Work $500 Schol­ar­ship. Olivia Reed of York Com­pre­hen­sive High School is this year’s recip­i­ent of the School-to-Work Schol­ar­ship. And, cur­rent­ly we are in the process of select­ing the recip­i­ents of the $1,000 Touch­stone Ener­gy Senior Schol­ar­ships, and we will announce the win­ners in the August edi­tion of South Car­oli­na Liv­ing.

It is our goal to con­tin­ue to serve our com­mu­ni­ty by pro­vid­ing pro­grams that con­tribute to the health, wel­fare and futures of our mem­bers. To learn about the many ways your coop­er­a­tive serves our com­mu­ni­ty, explore our web­site or give us a call. We always look for­ward to hear­ing from you.
Relat­ed Top­ics:
Schol­ar­ships
Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour