Three local teens participate in Youth Leadership Program.
(3-15-07)

     Three high school juniors represented Singing River Electric Power Association at the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi Youth Leadership Workshop in Jackson on March 7-9. The students will also participate in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., this summer.
      Candidates were required to have a 3.0 grade average and reside in Singing River Electric's service area to apply for the program. After being selected by their school, the students participated in interviews at the cooperative. Hayley Barnes of St. Martin High School, Cord Fallon of George County High School and Glenn Wells, Jr. of East Central High School were chosen as Singing River Electric's representatives for the youth leadership program.
      While visiting Jackson, the young leaders spent time learning about electric cooperatives, participating in leadership workshops and meeting state legislators. They will also travel to Washington visiting many of our nation's historic landmarks and meeting with Mississippi's representatives and senators.
     “Students selected for the youth tour program are leaders in their school and communities and will be great representatives for Singing River Electric," said Singing River Electric Manager of Communications Lorri Freeman. "This program is a great opportunity to further develop their leadership skills and learn more about the cooperative way of business."
      Singing River Electric Power Association is a distribution cooperative serving nearly 67,000 members in Jackson, George, Greene, Perry, Wayne, Stone and Harrison counties in Mississippi as well as Washington and Mobile counties in Alabama. Singing River Electric is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative and a member of National Rural Electric Cooperative Association whose 930 member electric cooperatives serve 40 million people in 47 states.