•  Photos from the 2010 Awards Program
• Congratulations to the 2010 National Winners (pdf)
• Tour Information
• 2010 NEED Youth Awards Agenda
• NEED Blueprint for Success - includes information and instructions for completing a project and entering the program.
• 2010 Sample Press Release (Word)
• 2010 National Winners Press Release

All NEED schools have outstanding classroom-based programs in which students learn about energy. Some schools have student leaders who extend these activities into their communities. To recognize outstanding achievement and reward student leadership, The NEED Project conducts the National Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement.

This program combines academic competition with recognition to acknowledge everyone involved in NEED during the year - and to recognize those who achieve excellence in energy education in their schools and communities. The students and teachers set goals and objectives, and keep a record of their activities. In April, the students combine their materials into scrapbooks and send them to their state coordinators. The students themselves write summaries of their projects for inclusion in the Annual Report.

The 2010 Youth Awards National Recognition Ceremonies registration fee of $525.00 covers double occupancy lodging at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and dinner, Sunday breakfast and dinner, and Monday breakfast. It also includes all tour - Tourmobile and Metro - passes and the Spirit of Washington Dinner Cruise. Some sponsorships are available on a regional basis.

2010 Youth Awards Review Panel
Caitlin Chase - AWEA
Bronson Lee - GE
Stacy MacIntyre - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Michelle McCaughey - Energy Education Consultant
Eric Spiegael - Forensic Scientist
Catherine Steinmetz - Petroleum Engineer
Jack Werner - Institute for Sustainable Power

2010 Youth Awards Sponsors
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of the Interior – Minerals Management Service
U.S. Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management
American Electric Power
BP
Cape Light Compact
ConocoPhillips
Dominion
EnergyStar
Encana
Halliburton
Hydropower Research Foundation
National Ocean Industries Association
Saudi Aramco
TXU Energy Solar Academy
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Society of Petroleum Engineers