The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives has created a “Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Oklahoma Relief Fund” to assist individuals in electric cooperative service areas who were affected by the May 17-20 tornadoes. To make a donation or contributions, please use one of the methods below:
By mail: Make checks payable to TEC Oklahoma Relief Fund, P.O. Box 54309, Oklahoma City, OK  73154-1309.
Wired funds: Routing number 103-900-036 (Bank of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73124) Credit to: OKRET Credit Union, account number 198895, final account number 240.
Credit card payments can be made online by visiting http://tinyurl.com/kyzn8j7.
Please note that this is not a 501(c)(3) account, so tax deduction may not apply.

Since the program began in 1964, Cotton Electric Cooperative has sent 144 high school juniors on the Rural Electric Youth Tour, a weeklong expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. The 2013 trip will be the 50th anniversary of the event. Time for a reunion!
Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives coordinates the trip each year and is planning a 50th anniversary bash on July 20 in Oklahoma City. Festivities will take place at Reed Convention Center on I-40 and Sooner Road in Midwest City. 
Youth Tour alumni will get a special reunion T-shirt. The day’s activities will include a photo booth, video presentation, guest speakers and more. 
Longtime Youth Tour coordinator Jennifer Dempsey, aka Spike Momma, said, “I would love, love, love to get 500-plus people at this reunion. I hope everyone comes to help celebrate this awesome anniversary.”