Kapa‘a High student selected as KIUC rep

Camden Lorenz of Kapa‘a High School was selected to represent Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative in the Youth Leadership Council of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a KIUC press release states.

Lorenz will attend the YLC Conference from July 15-19 in Washington, D.C. The conference agenda includes leadership and team-building exercises, meeting with congressional staffers who are “alumni” of NRECA’s Electric Cooperative Youth Tour and a competition to select the NRECA’s National Youth Spokesperson.

Lorenz’s co-op experience began at the beginning of June when she attended the NRECA Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., with KIUC’s other youth tour winners, Britney Borrero of Kaua‘i High, Kelsey Coleman-Stark of Waimea High and Jena Smalling of Island School, the release states.

They joined the Kansas Electric Cooperative delegation and met up with nearly 1,500 other high school students sponsored by their local electric cooperatives.

The Hawai‘i/Kansas Youth Tour participants then selected Lorenz to serve on the YLC for Hawai‘i and attend the Leadership Conference.

All 42 members of the YLC, including Lorenz, will participate in the 2007 NRECA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., the release states. They will provide assistance to the NRECA staff and co-op delegates, participate in the Parade of States at the opening General Session and take part in a variety of educational activities.