ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
Southwest TN Electric Membership Corporation is giving High School Junior English students in Chester, Haywood, Madison and Tipton Counties an opportunity to exercise their writing skills and win some valuable prizes. Tina Morris Communications & Community Outreach Specialist
50,000 Members • 4,000-Miles of Line • 11-Counties • 86,000-Poles • 23-Substations • 5-Offices • Member – Covington – Brownsville – Jackson – Henderson – Atoka
CO-OP HISTORY
TENNESSEE’S ELECTRIC CO-OPS MEMBER OWNED AND REGULATED Electric co-ops are owned by the people they serve, not by government. Members elect board members to represent their interests and set policy and procedures for the co-op. NOT -FOR-PROFIT Member Co-ops exist to serve their communities instead of shareholders. They distribute and sell energy at cost and invest any excess revenue back into the electric system. IMPROVE COMMUNITIES Keeping the lights on. Recruiting new industry. Educating the leaders of tomorrow. Electric co-ops take seriously their responsibility to improve lives in their communities.
TENNESSEE’S ELECTRIC CO-OPS
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES CREATIVE WRITING AND SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION HEAR FROM RULES AND ELECTRIC WHAT PAST WINNERS COOPERATIVES RESOURCES YOU GET
WHAT YOU CAN GET
WHAT YOU CAN GET • All-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. June 13-20, 2018 • Southwest TEMC Annual Meeting in Jackson August 9, 2019 • TECA Annual Meeting in Nashville November 2019 • NRECA Annual Meeting in Nashville February 2020
WHAT YOU CAN GET • RECOGNITION • School The TN Magazine • TN Magazine is distributed to • Website 50,000 +/- • Social Media households in West Tennessee • Annual Meeting • State wide
WHAT YOU CAN GET • Robert McCarty Memorial Scholarship $1,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 • Cooperative Youth Ambassador Scholarship $10,000
WHAT YOU CAN GET Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, a top ranked private Christian university, offers 125 programs of study and is a proud supporter of TN WYT. Union University offers the WYT 2018 trip winners: 24 - $4K per year scholarships 1 - $10K per year scholarship www.uu.edu
WHAT YOU CAN GET • Connections with – Politicians – CEO’s Proud Youth Tour – Business Leaders Alumnus – Your peers across the state and nation Students speak with Congressman David Kustoff
WHO ? WHO WILL WIN?? • The top 14 papers from across the STEMC service area will be interviewed – 7 will win the trip to DC – 7 will win $75
HEAR FROM PAST WINNERS Trevor Sellers Kerrington Peoples Breanna Sanders Devin Williams Brighton Liberty T ech Magnet North Side Munford High School High School High School High School
HEAR FROM PAST WINNERS Karsen Neal Julia Smith Alondra Cantero Haywood Co. South Side JCM Early College High School High Schoo l High Schoo l
2018 WINNER from Covington High School “Whatever reservations you could possibly have about writing that story or going on the trip, forget them! Believe us when we say, ‘IT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF A Anna Nason Covington LIFETIME’.” High School
2018 WINNER Chester County Home School Student “ Entering the WYT Creative Writing Contest was one of the greatest decisions of my life. The trip was spectacular, partly thanks Tate Cronin to the great people I met. " Chester County Home School
2018 WINNER Chester County Home School Student In addition to winning an all expense paid trip to Washington D.C., Tate also won $200 for earning the highest score on his essay from among the 10 Southwest winners!! PLUS, he is also currently in the running for a $10,000 scholarship!!
RULES AND RESOURCES Short Story 900 words or less typed & double-spaced
RULES AND RESOURCES Write a short story describing how local electric co-ops connect their rural communities, improve lives across their service areas and providing safe, reliable, affordable energy.
RULES AND RESOURCES Judging Criteria 15% Theme and knowledge of subject 50% Originality and creativity 35% Grammar and composition
RULES AND RESOURCES 2017 Resource Booklet youthtour.tnelectric.org stemc.com Facebook YouTube
RULES AND RESOURCES Contact information: Tina Morris tmorris@stemc.com
WRITE THAT STORY!!
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
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