For immediate release
February 17, 2025
Kasey Martin, CCC
Communications Specialist
336-356-5296
kaseymartin@syemc.com
Surry-Yadkin EMC Offers Leadership Camp for Local High Schoolers
Applications open through March 14
This summer, a prestigious group of high school students will be selected to attend Cooperative Leadership Camp (CLC), a two-day camp hosted by the Cooperative Council of the Carolinas (formerly Cooperative Council of North Carolina). The two-day camp for Surry-Yadkin EMC high-schoolers will be June 12-13, 2025, at the NCSU Extension Center, 444 Bristol Drive, Statesville.
CLC is an opportunity for high school students to enhance their leadership skills and explore the cooperative business model before going into the workforce or choosing their specialized field of study. During camp, students explore the cooperative principles, create their own cooperative, manage areas of business such as marketing, budgeting and more. They also will be introduced to local cooperatives with hands-on workshops. Participating cooperatives may include the following industries: electric/utility, telephone/communications, credit unions, agriculture, food/grocery, worker-owner retail and service, and more.
Surry-Yadkin EMC will accept applications from high school sophomores and juniors interested in attending CLC from February 7 through March 14, 2025. The co-op will be sponsoring several students to CLC, but participants will be responsible for their own transportation each day (this is not an overnight camp). Please apply below if you are interested in this unique opportunity. Winners will be contacted by April 4, 2025.
If you or someone you know is interestd in applying, please do so online by visiting https://syemc.com/form/cooperative-leadership-camp-oppo. For questions or additional information, please contact Kasey Martin, communications specialist, by phone 336-356-5296 or by email: communications@syemc.com
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Surry-Yadkin EMC, a not-for-profit Touchstone Energy cooperative, was founded in 1940 by a group of local farmers with a vision to provide electricity to rural farmers and families. Its first lines were energized on Feb. 22, 1941. More than 80 years later, SYEMC serves over 28,000 member-owner accounts in five counties, including Surry, Yadkin, Stokes, Wilkes and Forsyth.
