Warner High School sophomore Sarah Aman is heading to Washington D.C. this summer to represent Northern Electric Cooperative during the 2018 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour.
Youth Tour is a gathering of more than 1,500 students from electric cooperatives across the country. Students will tour the memorials and monuments and meet with members of their congressional delegations during the week-long event.
Aman was selected to represent Northern Electric in April after she submitted the winning Youth Tour essay.
“Getting to see our nation’s capital up close, and the idea of working with other teens to learn about cooperatives inspired me to apply,” Aman said about her application.
Aman participated in the 2017 South Dakota Rural Electric Association Youth Excursion trip to Bismarck, North Dakota, last summer where she learned about cooperatives and electric generation. Aman says she is excited to learn about government this summer.
“I am most looking forward to meeting with our state’s elected officials, to ask many questions, and get a better understanding of how the federal government works,” Aman said.
The 2018 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour will be held June 7-14.
