That opportunity is the Cooperative Leadership Camp in Laurel Hill.

The week-long camp offers high school students an opportunity to discover more about the cooperative business model, develop leadership and team-building skills, meet students from across the state and have fun.

The objectives are to educate, connect and promote the cooperative way of doing business and provide a fun learning experience for the students that are selected to attend. Workshops include:

• A Day in the Life of a Line Worker
• Coastal’s Reality Series
• Farming & Sustainability: Cabot Co-op
• Build Worker/Owner T-shirt Cooperative
• The Food Co-op’s Living Wage

In addition to hands-on learning about the big world of cooperatives, students get a fun overnight camp experience, including swimming, lake activities, canoing, hiking trails, archery, bonfires and more.

All meals are included, and lodging is in air-conditioned bunk houses. Bus transportation to and from designated locations across the state is also available and included for attendees.

Students attending are eligible to apply for the $1,000 Jim Graham college scholarship during their senior year of high school.