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For some, January is the month to take it easy and settle back into a routine. For those of us in the cooperative PR/ Member Services department, it's the time of year where we hit the ground running and keep that pace until August.

Sounds exhausting right? It can be at times but in a good way! We love what we do. We spend the first part of the year visiting schools and speaking with students about scholarships and AWESOME trips and camps that our cooperative sponsors.

CKenergy is proud to sponsor events such as Youth Tour, Leadership Summit, & Energy Camp. We also provide scholarship opportunities for students in our service territory.

We LOVE promoting these events and working with students who wish to attend. It gives us a chance to speak about electric cooperatives and share what we do day to day and we are also able to help students earn cash for college and develop leadership skills in the process.  It's a win-win!

So helps us, help you! Call us, shoot us an email/ facebook message, tweet, snapchat, whatever! If you have any questions about ANY of our youth programs, we want to hear them!

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