Your co-op has two amazing trips planned this summer. Juniors: Apply for the Washington Youth Tour. Sophomores: Apply for the Cooperative Youth Summit. Juniors: Experience Washington, D.C., with hundreds of students from across South Carolina and the country, meeting lawmakers and touring all the sights. Your electric co-op will cover your round-trip plane ticket, tours, […]
Cooperative Youth Summit
Olivia Ritchie (front, third from left), of North Central High School, was one of 36 South Carolina students that took part in the Cooperative Youth Summit, a four-day journey of their state’s capital and the surrounding area that went beyond the traditional field trip. The students visited Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, explored electric vehicles, and […]
Youth Tour ‘life changing’ for local teens
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”4″ gal_title=”Youth Tour in D.C., 2022″] For Olivia Ritchie, it’s the people and the places that made Washington Youth Tour so special. Ritchie, Clara Grace Branham, and Sawyer Becker were sponsored by Lynches River Electric and joined 46 other South Carolina high school students sent by their electric cooperatives to Washington, D.C., in June. […]
Students chosen for Youth Tour, Summit
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”4″ gal_title=”All images”] Four local high school students will represent Lynches River Electric Cooperative in the nation’s capital this summer as part of the Washington Youth Tour. Sawyer Becker from Cheraw High, Daiveon Glover from Chesterfield High, and Clara Grace Branham and Olivia Ritchie from North Central High were selected to participate in the […]
2022 Youth Tour & Summit
Ready for an experience you won’t forget? Your co-op has two amazing trips planned this summer. Juniors: Apply for the Washington Youth Tour. Sophomores: Apply for the Cooperative Youth Summit. Juniors: Experience Washington, D.C., with hundreds of students from across South Carolina and the country, meeting lawmakers and touring all the sights. Your electric co-op […]
Eight enjoy youth trips
Four local high school students represented Lynches River at the 2019 Washington Youth Tour, and four additional students represented LREC at the South Carolina Cooperative Youth Summit. Winners were chosen on the basis of their school and community involvement, communication skills and knowledge gained about cooperatives in the application process. Applications for the 2020 Youth […]