Perkins students, Robert Portman and Alina Henderson, were selected as winners of the Youth Power Energy Camp competition hosted by Central and attended the camp in May.

The three-day summer camp is designed to help students with leadership development through interactive team-building activities. Cooperatives across Oklahoma sponsored students to attend.

Participants learned about rural electrification and electrical safety, climbed a pole in lineman hooks and rode in a bucket truck. 

Central’s Director of Communications, Larry Mattox; and Staking Technician, Dakota Fields, attended with Central’s delegates as camp counselors.

“Returning to Energy Camp as a counselor is an unforgettable experience,” Mattox said. “Getting to watch two students from Central’s service area learn about cooperatives and step out of their comfort zones was inspiring.”

Energy camp opens in February to current and incoming eighth-grade students.