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2008 Washington Youth Tour   

Katherine Shelley

Calla French

Nikki Stephens

2007 Washington Youth Tour Winners Shelley, French & Stephens

Washington Youth Tour

Amicalola EMC Scholarships

 

Washington Youth Tour
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Check Georgia EMC's Washington Youth Tour Website 

Washington Youth Tour

Amicalola EMC will be sending three students on an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. June 12-19, 2008!  The Washington Youth Tour is a top-notch tour of our nation’s capital that includes meetings with state and national leaders and leadership training, as well as visiting all the major sights.  The students meet and discuss their views with students from other states while learning about history, government and careers in public service.

During the Washington Youth Tour, the selected students will meet and travel with students from other EMCs in Georgia.  The trip will begin in Atlanta where the students will learn about Georgia’s 42 EMCs and the electric cooperative industry at the headquarters from Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and Oglethorpe Power Corporation in Tucker.  While in Atlanta they will have the opportunity to tour locations in the area such as the State Capital, the Little White House, the Governors Mansion and have team building games at 4-H Camp Fortson (this tour will vary each year).

The students are then off to D.C. where they will meet with hundreds of students from across the country who represent their local EMCs as well.  While in Washington, D.C. the students will experience cruising down the Potomac River, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery, touring the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court, the National Cathedral, Ford’s Theater, and the National Archives.  The group will visit memorials honoring FDR, Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington, the Vietnam War and the Korean War, and watch the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and the Silent Drill Platoon perform at the Sunset Parade at the Iwo Jima Memorial.  Museums to be explored include the Smithsonian Institution, the Holocaust Museum and the Newseum, an interactive museum about the media sponsored by journalists worldwide.

The deadline for submitting your application is JANUARY 31, 2008

In order to enter the contest you must:

  • fill out an application (click on link to download)
  • submit a paper (150 words or less) describing in your opinion, why do you feel you would make a good representative of Amicalola EMC on the 2008 Washington Youth Tour?
  • provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher or counselor
  • be a high school Junior between 16 to 18 years old during the time of the Youth Tour (June 12-19, 2008)
  • Reside in an Amicalola EMC household

Papers are judged on the basis of content, creativity, originality, composition, neatness and grammar. After providing the above information to Amicalola EMC, select students participate in an interview to determine the winner. Deadline for the entering the contest is January 31, 2008.   The winner of the 2008 Washington Youth Tour will receive a $600 scholarship to any accredited college, university or technical college in the state of Georgia. 

Runners-up for the 2007 Washington Youth Tour:

Cherokee County:   1st runner up:           Jeremy Hood

 

Dawson County:      2nd runner up:         Jocelyn Shaw

                               1st runner up:           Phillip Blythe

 

Gilmer County:         3rd runner up:          Megan Vautrot

                                2nd runner up:         Rachel Bunn

                                1st runner up:          Kaycee Sullivan      

 

Pickens County:      3rd runner up:          Mark Green
                               2nd runner up:         Amanda Thaxton
                               1st runner up:           Thomas Turcotte

Three students were chosen as winners of the Washington Youth Tour, receiving an all expense paid trip to Washington June 7-14, 2007. They also received a $600 scholarship from AEMC.

Katherine Shelley, senior at Cherokee High School. Her parents are David and Leslie Shelley of Ball Ground.

Calla French, junior at Dawson High School. Her parents are Tom and MeloDee French of Dawsonville.

 

Nikki Stephens, senior at Gilmer High School. Her parents are Richard and Angie Stephens of Ellijay.

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Washington Youth Tour Winners Katherine Shelley, Calla French & Nikki Stephens with AEMC WYT Coordinator Stacey Fields and AEMC CEO Robert L Payne

 

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Amicalola EMC Scholarship
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Overview

Amicalola EMC awarded a $1,000 scholarship to five senior students from surrounding counties in the Amicalola EMC service area and three $300 scholarships for applications chosen to be entered into the statewide Walter Harrison Scholarship competition.  

Scholarships were awarded based upon financial need and grade point average.  The student must be a high school senior and live in an Amicalola EMC household.  Student must be enrolled in or have been accepted into an accredited program, either full or part time and must be an undergraduate.  Scholarship may be used toward any two-year or four-year accredited college, university or technical college.

When students apply for the scholarship, select students will become eligible to receive the Walter Harrison Scholarship, which is selected by Georgia EMC.  The recipient of the Walter Harrison Scholarship will receive $1,000 that can be used at any two-year or four- year accredited college or university including Vo-Tech schools.  Deadline for accepting applications is January 31, 2008.  Winners of the scholarship were notified the end of March 2008.

Students who are interested in applying for the scholarships can pick up an application at the headquarters office in Jasper, or one of our district offices in Ellijay and Dahlonega.  For additional information contact Stacey Fields at 706-253-5200 or 706-253-5287.  Click here to download application

2007 Scholarship Winners

On March 27, 2007 at a Youth Awards honor banquet held by Amicalola EMC five $1000 scholarships were awarded and three $300 scholarships were awarded by Amicalola EMC.  (Funds made possible through the Board of Directors of Amicalola EMC and a donation received from the Operations RoundUp program.)

The 2007 Amicalola EMC $1000 Scholarship Winners are:

Cherokee                  Katherine Shelley
Dawson                     Leah Stowers
Gilmer                       Courtney Ralston
Lumpkin                    Jesse Rockmore
Pickens                      Margaret McCampbell

After these scholarships were selected, then the Walter Harrison nominees were chosen which entered them in a chance for a statewide $1000 scholarship.  One of these Amicalola EMC nominees, Katherine Sherrod was chosen as a $1000 Walter Harrison Scholarship winner.  All three nominees will receive a $300 scholarship from AEMC. 

Amicalola EMC's three nominees to the Walter Harrison Scholarship were:

Kaycee Sullivan, Gilmer; Rachel Bunn, Gilmer and Katherine Sherrod, Pickens

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Amicalola EMC Scholarship Winners Katherine Shelley, Leah Stowers, Margaret McCampbell, Courtney Ralston & Jesse Rockmore

 

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