The 2009 Cooperative Youth Leadership Conference will again be held at White Lake at the FFA Center, June 22-26. The camp provides a great opportunity for cooperative members to send youth ages 15-18 to learn how cooperatives work and to consider a future working in cooperatives across the state.

The 2009 National Institute on Cooperative Education (NICE) will be held on the campus of University Tennessee in Knoxville July 25-29, 2009. In addition to hosting youth scholars from 12-15 additional states, the 2009 NICE will be a unique opportunity for North Carolina Cooperatives to choose participants to attend.

A two-day Cooperative Leadership Conference is designed to acquaint young adults with the structure and services of cooperatives as a way of doing business and meeting members' needs. This is joint conference with Georgia and South Carolina. Young adults who are interested in attending this conference should contact their local cooperative.
-- June 26-28, 2009 at Pawleys Plantation on  Pawleys Island, SC  

Each year a two-day Cooperation 101 Workshop/Dynamics Course is held for members' staff to review the basic operating principles of cooperatives and other timely topics, in November. A one-day Director Dynamics Workshop is also held for directors in November. Location is yet to be determined.

Other educational activities are planned each year to expand the effectiveness of the Council's program.