CCEC provides multiple scholarships to attend Cooperative Leadership Camp (CLC). The event is hosted by the Cooperative Council of North Carolina (CCNC) to educate, connect, and promote the cooperative way of doing business and provide a fun learning experience for the teens selected to attend.

Beginning in 2025, CLC will shift from a single, overnight camp to multiple 2-day “pop-up” camps throughout North and South Carolina. To clarify, this will not be an overnight camp. This will be a full-day camp for two consecutive days. These regional camps will allow us to reach a wider group of quality participants, increase accessibility, and reduce costs.

Campers work and play while learning the value and benefits of the cooperative movement with hands-on workshops led by cooperative businesses in various regions such as cooperatives in the following industries: credit unions, agriculture, electric, food/grocery, communications, worker-owner, and more! The curriculum will continue to focus on the Cooperative Principles and allow the student attendees to work together to produce a commemorative t-shirt.

All students who attend Cooperative Leadership Camp will continue to be eligible for CCNC’s Jim Graham $1,000 Scholarship following high school graduation. This scholarship is offered to a recipient who demonstrates an understanding of the cooperative movement, leadership, extracurricular activities, community involvement, and demonstration of self- motivation.

More information will be available in early 2025.