Farmers RECC has announced the winners to the 2026 Frankfort and Washington Youth Tour.

The annual “Government in Action” Youth Tour winners will travel to Frankfort, Kentucky to visit the state capitol in March and will travel to Washington, D.C. Youth Tour in June.

The recipients are: Nephthalie Velcine, daughter of Cristophe and Carmelle Velcine and ward of Becky and Philip Baise of Cave City; Jonathan ‘Gabriel’ Ash, son of Jonathan and Teresa Ash of Bonnieville; Corinne Keller, daughter of Rose Rovera Saltsman and Pete Saltsman of Edmonton and Jozie Allen, daughter of John and Tammy Allen of Edmonton.
Kentucky is one of the 45 states to send a youth delegation to the annual electric cooperative youth tour. Since 1964, the nation’s electric cooperatives have collectively organized trips for more than 40,000 high school juniors and seniors to visit U.S. congressional members, energy and grassroots government education sessions and go sightseeing in Washington, D.C.

Farmers RECC is a not-for-profit electric cooperative, serving more than 27,000 services across eleven Kentucky counties, with a mission to provide reliable, competitively-priced energy that will enhance the quality of life for our member-owners and communities.