Youth Leadership Tour
Are you a Texas high school junior? Would you like to travel, experience a big city and visit historic landmarks without spending a dime of your own money? Perhaps you'd like to meet your congressional representative, or maybe you're looking for an inspirational experience in the company of other Texas teens. If that sounds like you, the Government-in-Action Youth Tour trip to Washington, D.C., is your tour.
For more information about our Youth Leadership Tour program, please get in touch with CoServ's academic program coordinators at [email protected]. Review the Youth Leadership Tour Requirements below.
The 2024 Youth Leadership Tour application portal opened on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 12 a.m. The portal will close on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
Youth Leadership Tour Requirements
CoServ will award seven North Texas high school juniors the trip of a lifetime. This all-expenses-paid trip includes tours of the state capital in Austin and the U.S. capital in Washington, DC. The winners will join more than 150 other youth from Texas electric cooperative homes to experience our government in action.
ELIGIBILITY
- The student must have completed his/her junior year of high school by June.
- The student's permanent residence must have an active CoServ Electric or CoServ Gas account.
- The student's parent or guardian must have a CoServ account that is in good standing.
- Online application must be completed and submitted, including RETURNED REFERENCES by the closing date of the application.
Important Dates:
- Tuesday, August 22, 2023: Applications open at 12 a.m.
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023: Applications close at 11:59 p.m.
- Monday, February 19, 2024 (Presidents Day): Orientation at CoServ Headquarters.**
- June 16 - 23, 2024: Tour Dates
- July 2024 CoServ Electric Board Meeting*: Follow-up Session with the CoServ Electric Board of Directors from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.**
*Date for the session with the Board of Directors is subject to change. **The orientation and follow-up sessions are both required.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Images and names of Youth Leadership Tour winners may be featured on CoServ's website, social media channels, in the CoServ pages of Texas Co-op Power magazine and shared with area and state news media. Winners must submit a recent photo of themselves (class photo preferred) and may also be asked to have their photos taken at CoServ.
For more information about the tour, please contact CoServ's program coordinators at [email protected].
2023 CoServ Youth Leadership Tour Winners

RYLIE Dean
ERA HIGH SCHOOL
ERA ISD

ERICA Fahrenthold
PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL
PROSPER ISD

SRIHARSHITA Varanasi
INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL
FRISCO ISD

RISHI Srivatsan
LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL
FRISCO ISD

CITLALI Gonzalez
THE COLONY HIGH SCHOOL
LEWISVILLE ISD

OWEN Oppenheimer
MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL
LEWISVILLE ISD

ETHAN Rine
STEELE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
NORTHWEST ISD