CLARKESVILLE, Ga. – Habersham EMC is now accepting applications from area high school juniors to compete for an all-expense-paid spot on the 2025 Washington Youth Tour. The week-long, once-in-a-lifetime leadership trip offers participants the opportunity to experience our government and our history up close while having fun, making new friends, and gaining leadership skills.
The selected students will join more than 110 teens from other EMCs across Georgia to represent the state during the 2026 Washington Youth Tour to be held June 12-19. The tour begins in Georgia, where students get to know each other before boarding an airplane and flying to Washington, D.C., where they connect with more than 1,800 students from across the country.
Plans are in the works to cruise down the Potomac River; lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery; meet with Georgia’s U.S. senators and representatives; take photos outside the White House and tour the U.S. Supreme Court, the United States Capitol, Mount Vernon, and the National Cathedral.
To enter, students may download an entry form from the HEMC website, visit their school counselor’s office for a form, or pick up an entry form from the HEMC office in Clarkesville or Cleveland.
Completed forms must be returned to HEMC by January 30, 2026.
