Experience the wonder of Washington.  Learn abut cooperatives and our government, tour historical sites, and have fun meeting new friends from Minnesota and other participants from across the nation.  Each year Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric sponsors an all expense paid trip to Washington DC to a qualifying candidate.   The tour is coordinated through the Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA). The SWCE applicant must currently be a high school sophomore or junior and a dependent of a Steele-Waseca member.   Click here for a 2012 application (PDF).  Steele-Waseca wishes to congratulate Kara Schmidt of Faribault for being our 2011 delegate (pdf).  We are proud to have had her represent the co-op in Washington DC.