With Youth Tour 2017 in the books, I am feeling pretty
reflective and incredibly grateful. So many people/organizations to thank. If
you have followed any of our social media posts, you know that Youth Tour has
many, many moving parts and it is impossible to run this program solo.
Thank you …
Most importantly, we are so very appreciative for the electric cooperatives that invest in the young leaders that they send on Youth Tour. The impact you make on these students is lasting!
Members of the NRECA Youth Tour Team are the unsung heroes of this program. They never seek the limelight, and they do a great job bringing us all together and keeping us moving in the same direction.
The chaperones that take a week away from their family and jobs to pour into the lives of the students. There are not enough words to thank our 2017 chaperones! They are truly rock stars! If you see, Keaton Hildreth, Holi Weston or Darren and Jody Johnson be sure to thank them. Couldn’t ask for a more solid group of partners in crime!
The Iowa Youth Tour Intern Rebecca Boyer. Her leadership and assistants were priceless! Anyone that follows Iowa Youth Tour on any of our social media platforms, has her to thank for all the timely postings.
This year we welcomed some sponsors. So thankful for their support and participation.
Presidential Sponsors:
The Iowa Institute for Cooperatives provide a proven
business model that has fostered economic progress in Iowa for decades. The
Iowa Institute for Cooperatives has been lighting the way for cooperatives
across the state since 1951.
Their members come from a variety of industries, including
agriculture, credit unions, rural electric, rural telephone, farm credit,
petroleum, and more. They develop educational and training programs for their
members, provide timely news updates, and guide legislative actions that build
upon the strength of the cooperative system. They also promote new cooperative
development and value-added production.
Rural Electric Supply Cooperative (RESCO) is a member-owned
and not-for-profit electrical wholesaling business incorporated in 1936 as
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative (WEC). In
1972, they became Rural Electric Supply Cooperative (RESCO) to reflect an
expansion into multiple states and a more active role as an electrical
distributor.
RESCO’s member-owners are the Rural Electric Cooperatives in
the upper Midwest extending from Michigan to Montana. They assist our member-owners
with the procurement of their distribution and transmission electrical material
supply needs. RESCO views their cooperative organization as an extension of our
member’s procurement department and they work hand-in-hand with their members
to make sure their member’s material supply needs are met.
Like Rural Electric Cooperatives and other affiliated
cooperative organizations, RESCO’s not-for-profit business model requires
excess margins (profits) be returned to their members in the form of patronage
refunds.
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative (NIPCO) is a generation and
transmission electric cooperative supplying wholesale electric power to 7
distribution cooperatives covering 6,500 square miles in western
Iowa. These distribution cooperatives supply retail power to over 30,000
members/consumers. NIPCO serves these customers with over 900 miles of 69kV
transmission line and 80 distribution substations. Incorporated in 1949
and headquartered in Le Mars, Iowa, NIPCO is a Touchstone Energy® electric
cooperative and a member of Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
House (Meal) Sponsor:
Sullivan & Ward, P.C. is an Iowa law firm focused on
bringing solutions that make a positive difference for clients and the
community.
Since the firm was founded in 1935, Sullivan & Ward has
helped thousands of clients — individuals, cooperative associations and businesses
across Iowa and nationwide — achieve desired results. Many of their attorneys
are recognized throughout the state and nationally for their professional
knowledge and contributions.
And they lived cooperatively ever after!
Gratefully,
Shelly York