Role Models Roll Up Their Sleeves

What better way to show the world the value of 4-H than to be a good role model? Everyday we have 4-H members and leaders volunteering their time to make the communities we live in better places.

I received an email just the other day from a parent I didn't even know. It told me of two of our 4-H members who had made a difference by reading to school students and telling them about the 4-H program. Those two young ladies, Selena Giers and Natalie Roberts, are the 2009 4-H Ambassadors for Douglas County. Although most of their duties center around the Douglas County Fair, they have taken it upon themselves to be Ambassadors throughout the year.

Of course you don't have to be an Ambassador to make a difference. Our clubs do community service projects all the time. As individuals, every age of 4-Her helped with our recent Cloverbud Fun Night. We have amazing kids in our program (and adults too) and I hope that all of you will "toot your own horns" about how you are getting involved in being good role models.

It's great to be part of the 4-H program!

Thanks for reading.

Mary Baldwin (4-H Youth and Outreach Agent)