Are you a high school sophomore or junior ready to expand your horizons, build your resume, and make lifelong friends across the West—all at zero cost to your family? Welcome to the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp.
Glen Eden Resort near Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
High school sophomores and juniors whose parents/guardians are active members of Big Horn REA.
$0. (Big Horn REA covers 100% of registration, lodging, meals, and travel expenses).
Meet over 80 top-tier students from Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska.
This isn't a classroom lecture. Within hours of arriving, you and your fellow campers will establish your own real-time cooperative. You will elect a Board of Directors, hire a General Manager, and run a daily camp canteen store. At the end of the week, you'll democratically decide how to distribute the business's real financial profits—just like a real electric co-op handles capital credits.
Discover how energy powers our modern world. From high-voltage electrical safety demonstrations to exclusive insider tours of massive regional power generation facilities (like Tri-State's Craig Station), you'll get a firsthand look at engineering, technology, and economic infrastructure in action.
Balance your leadership seminars with mountain recreation. Enjoy a week packed with outdoor sports, river rafting or local canyon exploration, a competitive camp talent show, and social mixers designed to forge deep, long-distance friendships.
