Photo Gallery: Co-op Girl Power Camp in Virginia

Northern Neck Electric Cooperative’s Genevie Boarman, who recently became the first female lineworker to volunteer on an NRECA International trip, instructs a student on the do’s and don’ts of climbing line poles. (Photo By: Jim Robertson/VMDAEC)

S&N Communications’ Joy Yount leads Girl Power students through a fiber-splicing activity. (Photo By: Jim Robertson/VMDAEC)

Altec Area Manager Ashley Rutkowski engages with a Girl Power student during a lesson on operating the boom on one of the company’s new hybrid bucket trucks. (Photo By: Jim Robertson/VMDAEC)

All together now: Girl Power students, staff and volunteers gather together at the third annual camp at the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives’ Training Center in Palmyra, Virginia. (Photo By: Jim Robertson/VMDAEC)

VMDAEC Safety Training Manager Todd Butcher instructs a high schooler as she attempts to tie wire while wearing lineworker gloves at the third annual Girl Power Camp at the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives’ Training Center in Palmyra, Virginia. (Photo By: Jim Robertson/VMDAEC)

A high schooler scales a power pole at the Girl Power Camp in Palmyra, Virginia, under the watchful eye of NOVEC’s Jesse Taylor. (Photo By: Jim Robertson/VMDAEC)

Some of the 80-plus students at the Girl Power Camp in Palmyra, Virginia, attend a safety demonstration. (Photo By: Robin Earl/NOVEC)

Sentinel Robotic Solutions’ Jason Taylor helps run an activity station featuring drone flying at the Girl Power Camp in Palmyra, Virginia. (Photo By: Robin Earl/NOVEC)

VMDAEC Safety Training Manager Todd Butcher helps a high schooler tie wire during the Girl Power Camp in Palmyra, Virginia. (Photo By: Robin Earl/NOVEC)