Scholarships

Youth Tour-ists see D.C.

Learn how you can get involved with the Washington Youth Tour

THREE STUDENTS REPRESENTING PALMETTO ELECTRIC on a trip to the nation's capital in June came back with lots of photos and special memories.

Reid D'Amico, Madeleine Mayer and Weslee Sewell were among 46 South Carolina rising high school seniors on Youth Tour 2010, a six-day trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by their local electric cooperatives.

The students visited landmarks, historic sites and museums and met with their state's congressional delegation. They got a close-up view of American history. Mayer said, "I found myself staring and gazing at my country's Constitution and Declaration of Independence. I felt so lucky to be there!"

Congressman Joe Wilson on the Capitol steps with, from left, student Reid D'Amico, chaperone Kristin Keller of Palmetto Electric, and students Madeleine Mayer and Weslee Sewell.

Kristin Keller, a marketing assistant with Palmetto Electric who served as a chaperone, noted, "The gratitude and appreciation for being given an opportunity like this was evident in all the students."

Access youthtour.org to view photos from their trip.

PalmettoPower.com empowers teachers, kids

PalmettoPower.com includes activities, lesson plans and materials about electricity and energy that correspond with the S.C. Department of Education standards for science. Central Electric Power Cooperative, the generation and transmission co-op for Palmetto Electric Cooperative and other distribution co-ops around the state, is a major sponsor of the site.

Cooperatives want to help teachers and students learn about producing electricity with renewable sources that are environmentally responsible and economically reasonable. The co-ops will work with teachers in building lesson plans and training students to use the website as a source of information. Teachers can contact Kristin Keller at Palmetto Electric Cooperative for more information, (843) 681-0074.