Midwest Energy Cooperative is looking for a few good teens for the annual Teen Days and Youth Tour events.

Teen Days, sponsored by the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA) and Michigan’s electric cooperatives, will be held April 27-29 at the Kettunen 4-H Center near Cadillac.

Teens from around the state will gather with co-op staff to participate in fun, interactive activities designed to help them learn how cooperative businesses, especially rural electric co-ops, operate.

Students learn about electrical safety and leadership in a relaxed setting by watching a live hotline demonstration, experiencing what it’s like to climb a utility pole wearing 25 pounds of lineworker’s gear and running an electric cooperative board of directors meeting.

Students will also visit an energy control center and watch a live television newscast.

High school sophomores or juniors in the Midwest Energy Cooperative service territory are eligible to apply and four students will be selected to attend.

Midwest will then select two participants for the 2011 Youth Tour, an all-expenses paid tour of Washington, D.C.

With the exception of personal spending money, both trips are fully funded by the cooperative.

More information and an online

applications are available at  www.teammid west.com.

Interested students may also contact Nicole Barfell at (269) 445-1112 or by e-mail at nicoleb@teammidwest.com.

The application deadline is Friday, March 11.