DEMCO Youth Cooperative Ambassadors Deliver Emergency Response Kits and Serve Lunch To Livingston Council On Aging

Greenwell Springs, Louisiana – DEMCO youth cooperative ambassadors gathered at the Livingston Council on Aging on Wednesday, May 31, to serve lunch and distribute emergency response kits to 150 senior citizens. Each kit included a document protector, pill case, portable phone charger, whistle, and battery-operated lantern with extra batteries. DEMCO board directors Dennis Lott and Leslie Falks, representing Livingston parish districts 7 and 8, participated in the event. Lott cooked jambalaya and white beans for the guests assembled.

The YCAP class of 2023 participated in a workday on Saturday, April 29, to package 250 kits for the Livingston Council on Aging and surrounding centers in the parish. These students are Amiyah Chaney, Central High School; Amari Langley, University View Academy; Mackenzie Langley, Northeast High School; Sophia Macias, Episcopal School and Nathan Martin, Ponchatoula High School.

Class of 2022 YCAP ambassadors also prepared 250 bags last year as their service project, distributed to the Council on Aging in Central and St. Helena. These students are Aaron Kelly, Central High School; Abrielle Steele, Live Oak High; Brennan Michelli, Central High School; DeVone Holiday, Jr., St. Helena College, and Career Academy; London Sanford, Northeast High School; Shawn Comminey, II, Dutchtown High School; and Yu’Toria Jones, Zachary High School. 

DEMCO student ambassadors learn the history of rural electrification, the unique business model of cooperatives, cooperative governance, and the seven cooperative business principles,” says Chanon Martin, community relations specialist. “The program concludes with a community service to demonstrate ‘concern for community,’ which is one of the seven cooperative principles.” 

DEMCO accepts applications to the YCAP program in the fall. For more information, visit www.DEMCO.org/Community/YCAP.

DEMCO powers 114,420+ meters that serve over half a million people in a seven-parish service area of Southeast Louisiana: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, and West Feliciana.