A four-day action-packed adventure for eighth-graders, Energy Camp helps develop leadership skills and promotes teamwork while teaching about cooperative enterprises, the rural electrification program and electrical safety. Each year, ECE sponsors six students to the camp at Canyon Camp, near Hinton, Oklahoma.

While Energy Camp offers many traditional summer camp activities like swimming, hiking, basketball, and a ropes course, teens also have the unique opportunity to climb a utility pole, ride in the basket of a bucket truck, watch a co-op crew at work, and create and run a co-op business. They’ll take home a new-found confidence and a host of new friends – like minded peers from all over Oklahoma.

Students currently enrolled in the eighth grade within ECE’s service territory are eligible to compete for a spot at Energy Camp.

Application/Entry deadline: Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Energy Camp: May 31 - June 3, 2022

Eligibility

Students currently enrolled in eighth grade and attending a school located within ECE’s service territory qualify.

Requirements

Applicants must write a 250-500 word essay or create a 1 – 2 minute video about leadership. Discuss what makes a good leader and what kind of leader you want to be.

Fill out the entry form and upload the essay or video below.